In this study, Corpus Linguistics (CL) and Conversation Analysis (CA) is discussed as methods of data analysis. Both CL as a quantitative tool and CA as a qualitative tool have their own strengths and weaknesses for applied linguistics studies. So, the tenets of each view are evaluated and the similarities and differences between them are discussed. As for the design of this paper, firstly CL and CA are introduced, and their advantages and disadvantages are mentioned. Then a study which is discussed in the Discussion part is introduced. In the discussion section initially, the similarities and differences between CL and CA are discussed.