Are you mostly interested in how to use statistics, or do you want to learn about quantitative data collection as well? Be aware that the two main ways of collecting qualitative data, surveys and experiments, can both be quite expensive.

To get started, I would look at graduate-level introductory textbooks, such as Babbie, The Practice of Social Research or Schutt, Understanding the Social World..

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Quantitative and Qualitative Research: A View for Clarity

Catherine M. Castellan

International Journal of Education ISSN 1948-5476 2010, Vol. 2, No. 2: E1

"Shulman (1986) asserts that no single approach can capture the full set of educational events and implies that the insufficiencies of particular programs can be overcome through proper blending with the insufficiencies of other programs. It seems that maybe the results from a qualitative study can lead to the quantification of certain components in order to conduct a quantitative study for a better understanding and evaluation,, or a small component of a cause and effect quantitative study can be qualitatively studied to result in a better understanding of the cause and effect results of a quantitative study. A quantitative study can be conducted along with a qualitative study, or qualitative with quantitative, but each approach should not be analyzed and judged by the criteria associated with the other approach. There can be basketball or football, or football and basketball, but not football on a basketball court, nor basketball on a football field. The essence of the game would be lost just like the essence of a research study would be compromised if it were to be conducted outside its own context. "