NAME: KRISTEL ROSE S.

PASAOL RESEARCH
IN EDUCATION: BEED 3

COMPARATIVE MATRIX SHOWING THE

CHARACTERISTICS OF QUANTITATIVE AND
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

RESEARCH APPROACHES IN
EDUCATION
VIEWS
QUANTITATIVE QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH RESEARCH

 To generalize
PURPO findings.
 To predict
 To contextualize
findings.
 To interpret
SE
RESEARCH APPROACHES: QUALITATIVE VS.
behavior. QUANTITATIVE
behavior and
intention.
 To provide  To understand
casual perspectives.
explanations.

 Uses theory to  May create

ground the theory grounded

APPRO
study. in the findings.
 Uses  Portrays the
manipulation natural context.

ACH and control of

variables.
 Inductive then
deductive.
 Deductive then  Searches for
inductive. larger patterns.
 Seeks to analyze  Looks for
COMPARATIVE MATRIX SHOWING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF QUANTITATIVE
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 discrete complexity.
components.  Relies on words
 Looks for the and only minor
norm. use of numbers.
 Reduces data to  Reports written
numbers. in descriptive,
holistic
 Reports written language.
in precise,
abstract
language.

ASSU  There is an
objective reality.
 Reality is
socially
 The world is constructed.
MPTIO stable.  The world is not
RESEARCH APPROACHES: QUALITATIVE VS. QUANTITATIVE stable.

NS  Variables can be
identified and
 Complex
variables are
measured. difficult to
 Is rooted in measure.
logical  Is rooted in
empiricism. symbolic
interactionism.

ROLE  Detached and

impartial.
 Personally
involved.

OF
 Objective
portrayal.  Empathic
understanding.

RESEA  Inquiry should

be value free as
 Inquiry is
always value
possible. bound.
RCHE
COMPARATIVE MATRIX SHOWING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF QUANTITATIVE
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R
  Focused in  Focused on
quantity (how quality (nature,
much, how essence).
many).
 Experimental,  Fieldwork,
empirical, ethnographic,
statistical focus. naturalistic

METH  Predetermined,
structured
focus.
 Flexible,
methods, evolving,
ODS precise.
 Random
emergent
methods.
sampling is the  Typically uses
ideal. purposive
 Uses inanimate sampling.
instruments
RESEARCH APPROACHES: QUALITATIVE  Researcher as
VS. QUANTITATIVE
(scales, tests, the primary
questionnaires, instrument
observation (observations,
checklists, etc.). interviews,
document
analysis).

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