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Critical Thinking; Basic Concepts of Quantitative Reasoning; Hypothesis Formulation

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has been eyeing on the preventing the spread of the HIV virus in various countries . Up to this date , there is no quantifiable number of patients who are infected of the HIV virus . However , AIDS is a very controllable disease . The HIV virus is a very unstable virus it cannot live for long outside its host . The HIV virus can not be transmitted kiss or a mere touch . It can be transmitted by fluid transfer , which is why it is very controllable AIDS is usually transmitted

by sexual fluid transfer . Various funding have been granted for researches to look for vaccines

A lot of researches regarding AIDS are done using quantitative method The researchers test vaccines on laboratory rats . Quantitative data pin points on the specific effectivity of the vaccine . During a test , the number of laboratory rats are alive are counted against those which are deceased

The symptom of AIDS can be understood using qualitative methods . AIDS can be easily controlled using qualitative methods . On the other hand quantitative methods may help in the search for an appropriate vaccine

Qualitative data are governed by statistics , which means that statistical method can prove the effectivity of a certain vaccine . On the other hand , qualitative data are used to look for the overall effect of the drug . It is usually used to describe the side effects that can be perceive from the laboratory rats . Both qualitative and quantitative data are rendered useless if they...

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