What is the definition of Quantitative Studies?

Quantitative studies are like the superheroes of research, armed with numbers instead of cape and batarang. They're all about crunching the data, counting the cookies (or in some weird cases, measuring the number of existential dread in a room), and trying to figure out if it's all that bad to be a sloth (in numbers, of course). They're as objective as a math textbook, but they can sometimes turn into a comedy club for the scientific community when they start to question the ethics of their data-gathering methods.

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Example sentence with a dash of edge: "Despite the meticulous data collection, Dr. Squirrelwood's quantitative study on the 'optimal' amount of coffee to consume before a job interview turned into an existential crisis, questioning if all that caffeine really made her a better candidate or just a more anxious one."