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There are many things you want to know in this world. Living and nonliving
things including the events – their nature or qualities make you wonder
continuously, frequently or quickly. Marveling at them, you put to continue
yourself in a course of situation where you seem to be grappling with
different problems. Questions after questions on the different aspects of the
things of your curiosity prod you to move, act, or do something to find
answers to your questions or to discover truths about your inferences or
speculations on such thing. Behaving like an investigator, asking and seeking
answers, to some questions about the thing you find puzzling indicates the
true nature of inquiry research. (Baraceros, 2017)
At the end of the topic the students should be able to:
1. Discuss the characteristics, strengths, weaknesses and kinds of
quantitative research;
2. Discuss the importance of quantitative research across the field; and
3. Discuss the nature of variables.
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The importance of quantitative research lies realty in the production of
results that should reflect precise measurement and an in-depth analysis of
data. It is also useful in obtaining an objective understanding of people,
things, places, and events in this world; meaning, attaching accurate or exact
meanings to objects or subjects, rather than inflated meanings resulting from
the researcher’s bias or personal attachment to things related to the
research.
Quantitative research is of two kinds:
a. Experimental – these are under this kind of research true
experimental, quasi-experimental, and single subject, and pre-
experimental.
b. Non-experimental – on the other hand these are sub type survey,
historical, observational, correlational, descriptive, and
comparative research
Glossary
Baraceros, Esther L. (2017), Practical Research 2, Rex Book Store, Inc., First
Edition
Baraceros, Esther L. (2017), Practical Research 1, Rex Book Store, Inc., First
Edition
Sarno, Emerlita G. (2010), Tips and Techniques in Writing Research, Rex
Book Store, Inc.
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