Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleUnderstanding statistics 2.AuthorsAbt, ElliotAbstractThe first article in this series addressed both qualitative and quantitative research. This article will discuss the different types and nature of data used in quantitative research.SubjectsQUALITATIVE research; QUANTITATIVE research; STATISTICS; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; CATEGORIES (Mathematics); NOMINAL measurement; ORDINAL measurement; HEALTH outcome assessmentPublicationEvidence-Based Dentistry, 2010, Vol 11, Issue 3, p93ISSN1462-0049Publication typeArticleDOI10.1038/sj.ebd.6400746