Quantitative data is data that can be verified and quantified using numbers.  Quantitative data is more defining than qualitative data which is often used as a description.  

  Virtual Organizations are an ordinary practice in today's day and age.  A virtual organization can be both permanent or a temporary establishment.  These organizational alliances vary and length.  The different organizations that are forming a virtual alliance work together in an effort to align values and act as one single entity to external customers.