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Practical Research 2

iCharacteristics of Quantitative Research

by Icel Bete

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Poll

Choose one Strength of Quantitative Research

• Reach higher sample

• collect more information quickly

• uses randomized samples

• duplication is possible

• focus on fact or series of information

​Strengths of Quantitative Research

reach higher sample size

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collect more information quickly

​Use randomized samples

​Duplication is possible

focus on facts or a series of information

does not require direct observation

​Weaknesses of Quantitative Research

Does not consider social phenomenon

no specific feedback

expensive

require large sample

randomization create not usable information

​Research Designs

• ​Experimental

  • ​Pre-Experimental

  • ​True-Experimental

  • ​Quasi-Experimental

• ​Non -Experimental

  • ​Descriptive

  • ​Correlational

  • ​Developmental

  • ​Epidemiological

​Let's Exercise!

​Quiz 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to a systematic empirical investigation of

occurrences that is observable using statistical, mathematical or computational

techniques?

• Quantitative Research

• Research Design

• Qualitative Research

• Variable

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about quantitative research?

• Quantitative research makes use of numerals in the interpretation of results.

• The objective of quantitative research is to employ theories to test a

  phenomenon

• Quantitative research directs you to focus on thing through statistics

• None of these

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to the framework of research?

• Quantitative Research

• Research Design

• Quantitative research directs you to focus on thing through statistics

• Variable

Multiple Choice

Which of the following research designs allows the researcher to examine the

phenomenon with reference to time?

• Descriptive

• Developmental

• Correlational

• Epidemiological

Multiple Choice

Which of the following research designs is used in observing, documenting and

describing a phenomenon occurring in natural setting without any manipulation or

control?

• Descriptive

• Developmental

• Correlational

• Epidemiological

Multiple Choice

The design that design that lets the researcher connect the present to the future

and starts with the cause and arrive with a presumed effects is __________.

•  Prospective Research Design

• Cross-sectional design

• Retrospective Research Design

• Cohort Design

Multiple Choice

A design where the researcher studies the current situation by seeking facts and

figures from the past is ________.

• Prospective Research Design

• Cross-sectional design

• Retrospective Research Design

• Cohort Design

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of quantitative research?

• It makes use of structured research instruments.

• It is conducted on significant sample size that represents the population to

  assure the reliability of results

• Quantitative studies could be repeated that gives a high reliability of results.

• It makes use of words in interpreting results.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a strength of quantitative research?

• This method does not consider the meaning behind social phenomenon

• You can collect more information quickly

• Quantitative Research uses randomized samples

• Results duplication is possible

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a weakness of Quantitative Research?

• This method does not consider the meaning behind social phenomenon.

• Quantitative research studies can be very expensive

• There is no access to specific feedback in quantitative research.

• All of these