REVIEW

Tell if the following describes QUALITATIVE RESEARCH. Explain your answer.

1. The purpose is to understand and interpret social interactions.

Answer: Qualitative it relies on data obtained by the researcher from the first
hand observation.
2. To test hypothesis, look at cause and effect, and make predictions
Answer: Quantitative
3. The sample needs to be large and randomly selected.
Answer: Quantitative
4. The data collected is in the form of numbers and analysed statistically.
Answer: Quantitative
5. The final report is a statistical report with correlations, comparisons of means,
and statistical significance of findings.
Answer: Quantitative
6. The final report is a narrative report with contextual descriptions and direct
quotations from research participants.
Answer: Qualitative because is defined as the data that approximate and
characterize.

LET’s TEST!
Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.
1. A quantitative study cannot be conducted in different settings or contexts.
Answer: F
2. A quantitative study is less prone to researcher’s personal bias compared with
qualitative study.
Answer: F
3. A quantitative study primarily involves narratives and images.
Answer: F
4. A quantitative study should be used if the researcher’s aim is to establish the
cause of a certain phenomenon.
Answer: T
 5. Quantitative research focuses on human experiences.
Answer: T

EXERCISES
A. Fill in the boxes by classifying the variables in the titles given.
1. Exposure to Korean Drama and its Effect to the Social Skills of Senior High
School Students

Effect to the Social Skills of Exposure to Korean

Students Drama

Independent Variable Dependent Variable

2. Exposure to Korean Drama and its Effect to the Social Skills and Attitudes of
Senior High School Students
Effect to the skills of Student

Exposure to Korean
Drama
Effect to the attitude of students

Independent Variable Dependent Variable

I
3. Stress Level, Emotional Intelligence, and Academic Performance of Graduating
Senior High School Students

Stress Level Emotional Effect to the

Intelligence academic
performanc
e

Independent Intervening Variable Dependent

4. Morphological Effects of E-Cigarette on the Internal Organs of White Mice

Using E-Cigarette Morphological effects on

the Internal Organ of
White Mice

Independent Variable

B. Classify the variables as nominal (N), ordinal (O), interval (I) and ratio (R).
O 1.military ranks
R 2.strands offered at Pontevedra NHS
R 3.temperature measured in Kelvin Scale
N 4.students LRN
N 5.gender
O 6.top 15 ranking students
R 7.time required for the engineers to do a certain project
N 8.nationality of individuals
R 9.students’ grade
I 10.students status as to Pass or Fail

EXERCISE
1. Choose one general topic from the list:

Peace and Order Agriculture Nutrition

Finance Education
Tourism
Business and Economic Law and Justice Health Labor
Employment
Science
Politics Governance Transportation
Communication Media Environment
Natural Resource Energy Lifestyle Home
design Interior
Designing Hospitality
Community Engagement Music Dance Political
Awareness
Technology

2. Identify one issue in the chosen field.

3. Think of other concepts ( Like causes, results, people concerned or affected by
the issue) though a concept map.
4. Form a research title.

Answer
1. Tourism
2. Pandemic
3. Concept map

Limited
Tourism Law income

Pandemic
 Lockdown of place

Stress

4. The effect of pandemic in tourism industry in capiz.