Quantitative analysis tools, such as survey instruments, can
allow for easier compilation of student responses that attach
numerical scores to students’ opinions about different
aspects of a curriculum along a continuum, say, 1–5, with
1 being “not useful” to 5 being “very useful” for each aspect.
The familiar end-of-semester student evaluations of
courses and teachers use a combination of quantitative survey
items and qualitative open-ended comments.