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PARACTICAL RESEARCH 2
WEEK 1
HEALTH AND
HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
ANTHROPOLOGY
MARKETING
ECONOMICS
SOCIOLOGY DEMOGRAPHY
QUANTITATIVE
RESEARCH
HISTORY
COMMUNITY
HEALTH
GENDER
STUDIES
PSYCHOLOGY
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
Quantitative research is important to these fields because it aims to gain a better understanding of the
social world through data collection. Quantitative methods are used by researchers to observe conditions or
events that have an impact on people. It also yields objective data that can be expressed effectively using
statistics and numbers.
ACTIVITY 2
By employing particular sampling strategies and big data sets, quantitative research strives to be
generalizable to broad populations. It can provide useful descriptive statistics on a population or area, allowing
us to comprehend key properties of the studied objects.
Quantitative research uses numbers to assist us comprehend "what" is going on. Words and images are
used in qualitative research to help us understand "why" and "how" something happens.
ACTIVITY 3
ASSESSMENT
1. B
2. A
3. E
4. D
5. C