Ecologists are collecting more data than ever before, but many still lack confidence in the quantitative skills needed to ...

Business managers and directors used to rely on their experience and instinct to make tough decisions. Increasingly, however, they want to know what the numbers say. In the era of big data, ...

Willamette's MBA concentration in management science and quantitative methods (MSQM) covers a broad range of skills in information systems and mathematical models. These skills are especially ...

Quantitative research can be a powerful tool used to see what has happened in the past and what may happen in the future based on numbers. Qualitative research on the other hand is powerful due to the ...

Elemental analysis methods are used to determine the elemental composition of a substance and the concentration of each element present. However, there are two different subsets: one for determining ...

ONE of the major impediments to widespread screening for the presence of bacteriuria is the absence of a simple and inexpensive method that is also reliable. Chemical tests presently available, as ...

Linear regression-based quantitative trait loci/association mapping methods such as least squares commonly assume normality of residuals. In genetics studies of plants or animals, some quantitative ...

As a researcher who has used a wide variety of methodologies, I understand the importance of acknowledging that we, as researchers, do not pick the methodology; rather, the research question dictates ...