difference between qualitative and quantitative measures

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1. What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative measures? Provide an example of each.
2. Compare quantitative and qualitative measures. How does each approach enrich an evaluation plan?
3. What are some drawbacks for each approach?
Having a way to effectively evaluate the programs that an organization is seeking funding for is an important part of the grant writing process. Funders like to see that organizations know how to evaluate the programs that they offer, and that they use the feedback from the evaluations to improve upon their services in the community. Using information from this unit’s readings, answer the following questions:
1. What type of evaluation do you feel would be most beneficial to evaluate the program that you discussed in your Unit 6 Blog post?
2. What type of information might you learn from evaluating the program?
Textbook Information
Karsh, E., & Fox, A.S. (2009).The only grant-writing book you’ll ever need. New York, NY: Basic Books.