Quantified
A data or an information is said to be quantified when it can be measured. The tool of measurement might vary from work to work depending upon the need of the researcher. A number of scales can be involved in the process, which involves different style of quantification. In social science, the present day emphasis on measurement and the quantitative treatment of results has made it an ,mandate that the researchers possess knowledge of statistical method not only because it is extremely useful but because it is now almost an indispensable part of research methodology. The statistical tools involved in the study of different social phenomena to quantify the data so that it can be generalized and can lead to further construction of statistical tools. Apart from quantitative data, social science also deals with qualitative data which do not attempt to measure behaviour but has a more subjective orientation.