Quantitative Research Quiz

Which of the following statements DOES NOT describe Quantitative Research?

• Quantitative research makes you focus your mind on specific things by means of statistics.

• You tend to inflate something in quantitative research because of your perceptions.

• Quantitative research uses numbers and figures to denote a particular thing.

• Doing quantitative research tends to exclude your own thoughts and feelings about the subject or object of the study.

A study that measures the effect of a new fertilizer on crop yield is an example of which kind of research?

• Descriptive

• Experimental

• Correlational

• Causal-comparative

A major strength of quantitative research is its ability to:

• Provide highly personal and subjective insights.

• Be easily replicated by other researchers.

• Adapt and change its focus midway through the study.

• Use small, non-representative samples.

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

• Descriptive

• Experimental

• Case study

• Correlational

What is the main purpose of descriptive research?

• To establish cause-and-effect relationships.

• To manipulate variables to observe outcomes.

• To provide a systematic description of a situation or phenomenon.

• To explore a new, little-understood area of study.

Statistical analysis is heavily focused in making a final report of a ____________.

• Qualitative research

• Ethnographic study

• Quantitative research

• Phenomenological study

Quantitative research is useful in which field?

• Arts

• Biology

• Philosophy

• History

Mr. Floro conducts a study that will further get to know the level of bullying cases between the male and female SHS students in MPNAG. What's the type of research design to be used in his study?

• Experimental

• Descriptive

• Quasi- Experimental

• Correlational

A research study is designed to compare the reading comprehension scores of students who attended a private school versus those who attended a public school. Analyze the type of quantitative research most appropriate for this study and explain why it is the best fit.

• Experimental, because the researcher can control which school students attend.

• Descriptive, because the study will simply describe the scores without comparing them.

• Correlational, because it will show the relationship between school type and scores.

• Causal-comparative, because it investigates the cause-and-effect relationship without the researcher manipulating the independent variable (school type).

Which of the following is an example of a continuous variable?

• Learning modality used

• Student's height

• Student's test score

• Student's IQ