Santa Monica Institute of Tech.

Andrada Bldg. Poblacion, Iligan City Module 4

Week 4

Senior High School

Practical Research 1
2nd Semester of A.Y. 2020-2021 Instructor: Ceasar Ian H. Mundala

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 Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

A. Differentiate qualitative from quantitative research.

Discussion

Unit 1: Nature of Inquiry and Research

Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Now we will be going to identify and understand the differences between the Quantitative and
Qualitative research designs. It is important for a student-researcher like you to know which of these
approaches is the most appropriate for your study by learning the fundamental characteristics of each
design.

Let us first try identifying which of the following characteristics belong to Quantitative
and Qualitative research.
Directions: Read and analyze each item. Write QL if it is a characteristic of Qualitative
Research and QN for Quantitative. Write your answers on your notebook.
Pe ______1. This design seeks to confirm a hypothesis about some phenomena – What? and
How many?
______2. It is a systematic subjective approach to describe life experiences and give them
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______3. This research is highly structured and uses statistical tools to gather and interpret
data.
ev ______4. It seeks to explore, explain and understand some phenomena – What? and Why?
______5. This design asks close ended questions and examine cause and effect
relationships.
MO YOUR VOCABULARY BUILDER

DU Directions: For this task, you may want to have your word list ready with you. Look at the
following terms below which you may encounter in this lesson. See what they mean using your dictionary.
Write them on your notebook.
LE 1. holistic - _______________________________________
2. statistical - _______________________________________
3. hypothesis - _______________________________________
4. deductive - _______________________________________
5. narrative - _______________________________________

YOUR INITIAL TASKS

A. Directions: Look at the illustration. Can you tell which situation follows the qualitative and which one
falls under the quantitative approach? And why.

Image A Image B