Kinds of Quantitative Research

Which of the following kinds of research aims to find out the nature, characteristics, and compositions of people or a phenomenon?

• correlational

• descriptive

• experimental

• evaluative

Which of the following could find out the relationship between playing online games' time length and students' temper? Do students who play less have a better temper, being more calm and patient, than those who play 3-10 hours a day?

• correlational

• descriptive

• experimental

• evaluative

Which kind of research will be probably used if your aim as a researcher is to find out if the schedule and platforms used for online classes are efficient for the students in your school?

• correlational

• descriptive

• experimental

• evaluative

Which of the following researches focuses on finding out causes, origins, and reasons behind a phenomenon or event that already occurred?

• causal-comparative

• correlational

• evaluative

• experimental

Which of the following research kinds would be preferable for a teacher who wants to test 2 different teaching strategies for her classes? The teacher applied an all-online-resources type learning system to Class A, while Class B utilizes printed-out materials. What if the used materials are switched? Which class will perform better?

• causal-comparative

• correlational

• evaluative

• experimental

Descriptive and Experimental research can be described as each other's version.

• True

• False

Experimental and Descriptive are opposites wherein one starts to how the other ends.

• True

• False

Causal-Comparative and Experimental are opposites wherein one finds out how two phenomena are related while the other focuses on the reason behind or its "why's".

• True

• False

Correlational is Descriptive level up or another version, wherein it is a combination of finding out the connection of two factors or phenomena.

• True

• False

Descriptive finds out characteristics, nature, and features to be summarized and concluded for its implication afterward.

• True

• False