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What is the Difference Between Qualitative and Quantitative?

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Qualitative research is a method for gathering data that employs the use of surveys and focus groups with the goal of understanding the attitudes and behaviour of the target group. It is looking for people to give their subjective account of an experience or idea. The researcher spends more time ...

What is the Difference Between DUI and DWI?

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Both terms refer to driving or operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The term DWI stands for Driving While Impaired and the term DUI stands for Driving Under the Influence. In the United States, the country wide legal limit for blood alcohol is .08; ...

What is the Difference Between Pokemon Diamond and Pearl?

Monday, June 30th, 2008

The difference between Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl are the creatures and control over Dialga (diamond) or Palkai (pearl). You cannot collect the same characters in Pokemon Diamond as in Pokemon Pearl, so for those who are completists out there, you will want both. The game is virtually identical in ...

What is the Difference Between Organic and Inorganic?

Monday, June 30th, 2008

When talking about Chemistry, organic refers primarily to the study of carbon and hydrogen with some phosphorus, silicon and sulfur, chlorine, flourine, bromine and iodine. Organic chemistry is somewhat misnamed because the term organic was meant to imply all things associated with living matter, but there are many "inorganic" compounds ...

What is the Difference Between North and South?

Monday, June 30th, 2008

This article took me to places that I hadn't considered. When I first broached the question, I had in my mind the North and South Poles, but when I sought to answer the difference between North and South, the U.S. Civil War wacked me over the head, making me feel ...

What is the Difference Between Digital and Analog?

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The difference between analog and digital can best be described in terms of an audio recording. An analog recording is a recording of the actual sound wave. When you play this recording back, you are listening to a true representation of the original sound. That sound recording can be converted ...

What is the Difference Between Affect and Effect?

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The difference between affect and effect is simple to understand but difficult to put into practice. Here is the rule: affect is a verb and effect is a noun. These are generalities, of course because nothing in the English language is ever simple and there are always exceptions to the ...

What is the Difference Between AC and DC?

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The difference between AC and DC is that AC is an alternating current (the amount of electrons) that flows in both directions and DC is direct current that flows in only one direction; the product that is flowing being electrons. AC power is what fuels our homes. The wires outside ...

What is the Difference Between Plasma and LCD?

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The difference between an LCD and a Plasma TV is that a Plasma TV uses charged neon and xenon gas to hit red, blue and green phosphorus to create an image on the screen; whereas a LCD TV uses two pieces of fused, transparent material that uses special glue that ...

What is the Difference Between 1080i and 1080p?

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The difference between 1080i and 1080p is in how the image is generated. A 1080i screen generates an image in two passes before it is fully resolved. It is called Interlaced Scanning. A 1080p screen generates an image in one progressive pass; known as progressive scanning. It provides a smoother ...