title: Research essentials. How to critique quantitative research.
abstract: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH is a systematic approach to investigating numerical data and involves measuring or counting attributes, that is quantities. Through a process of transforming information that is collected or observed, the researcher can often describes a situation or event, answering the 'what' and 'how many' questions about a situation ( Parahoo 2014 ).
authors.affiliation: Anglia Ruskin University.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.affiliation: Anglia Ruskin University.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Collier
mesh_terms: D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D036301:Qualitative Research