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Identify the advantages and disadvantages of quantitative and qualitative data when conducting a community health assessment. Give 2 examples each for when qualitative and quantitative data may be more appropriate in community health assessment.

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Please help me identify the advantages and disadvantages of quantitative and qualitataive data when conducting a community health assessment. Give 2 examples each for when qualitative and quantitative data may be more appropriate in community health assessment.

When conducting community health assessment that requires for concrete numbers, data that can be mathematically calculated, and for a large scale population size, the advantages of quantitative data are evident. ...

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