customer insights

What is the Difference Between Quantitative and Qualitative Research?

An easy way to remember the difference between quantitative and qualitative research is to look at them as forms of storytelling. Quantitative research will give you a high-level view of your subject, a high-level answer to your question. Qualitative research will enable you to zoom in and identify the details in between that are responsible for the outcome, a more detailed explanation of why things happened the way they did. The combination of both types in a research project, if applicable, often produces the most powerful conclusions. 

Case Study: Radish Fiction Discovers Key Insights on User Reading Habits with methinks

Radish Fiction is a mobile storytelling platform, specializing in mobile discovery and distribution of serialized content from authors all around the world. They came to methinks in April 2018 wanting to understand their users’ reading habits to figure out ways to attract new audiences and retain existing ones. They were facing traditional product-customer fit challenges in connecting to the right audience, creating app loyalty, and building brand. These were all very common issues many of our start-up app developing customers face, so we were well equipped to deliver the customer insights Radish was seeking.

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