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There a great need for both qualitative (individual one on one data) and quantitative (statistical data) in psychological findings. In providing therapy as a counselor which do you feel is better, to have one on one information through an interview or pure statistical data through a questionnaire before you start providing therapy? Why?

Or the combination of both? Why?

Does having a combination of both qualitative (individual one on one data) and quantitative (statistical data) in psychological findings allow a therapist to get a feel of how the client interacts with others and his/her background information including culture?

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200 words of notes and references briefly encourage a combination of both qualitative and quantitative data in psychological findings to better address clients' needs in counseling.

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When providing therapy as a counselor, I deem it as essential to cover all bases, so I advocate a combination of both qualitative and quantitative data in psychological findings to better ascertain how a client interacts with others and his/her background information, especially culture. Since culture is a tricky facet to assess formally, the holistic information gained through an interview using a client's own words can be so valuable instead ...

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