A Brief Evaluation and Analysis About Quantitative Research on Social Phenomenon

The quantitative research on social phenomenon is a rather advanced researching method of social phenomenon. Compared with the qualitative research on social phenomenon, among the characteristics of the quantitative research on social phenomenon there mainly are five: quantitativity, objectivity, scientificity, strictness and generality. It can help to describe the social phenomenon accurately, to obtain some new social information, to undertake the social prediction effectively and to improve the researching level on social phenomenon. Therefore, about the quantitative research on social phenomenon, we can provide two pieces of suggestion: firstly, we must emphasize on the further development of the quantitative research on social phenomenon; secondly, we must value the effective combination of the quantitative research and qualitative research on social phenomenon.