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I. LEARNING COMPETENCY:
Illustrates the importance of quantitative research across fields.
II. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
i. Identify the uses of quantitative research across field;
ii. Illustrate the importance of quantitative research across fields;
iii. Appreciate the importance of quantitative research.
III. INTRODUCTION:
People do research to find solutions, even tentative ones, to problems, in order to improve or enhance ways of
doing things, to disprove or provide a new hypothesis, or simply to find answers to questions or solutions to problems in
daily life. Research findings can affect people’s lives, ways of doing things, laws, rules and regulations, as well as policies,
among others. Widely, quantitative research is often used because of its emphasis on proof rather than discovery.
IV. DISCUSSION:
In recent times, research studies are gaining an unprecedented focus and attention. Then, only the faculty in higher
education has so much interest and conduct researchers, but now even the teachers in the basic education are engrossed in
researches and devote time and effort in conducting researches to improve educational practices that may lead to more
quality learning of the students. Many teachers do action researches because there is a serious need to identify the
problems of the deteriorating quality of education. By doing so, they can address systematically and make educational
decisions regarding the problems met. Innovative teaching strategies are product of research.
In the natural and social sciences, quantitative research is the systematic, empirical investigation of observable
phenomena via statistical, mathematical or computational techniques. The objective of quantitative research is to develop
and employ mathematical models, theories and/or hypotheses pertaining to phenomena. The process of measurement is
central to quantitative research because it provides the fundamental connection between empirical observation and
mathematical expression of quantitative relationships.
Health Sciences (Medical Technology, Dentistry, Nursing, Medicine, etc.) use quantitative research designs like
descriptive, pre-experimental, quasi-experimental, true-experiment, case study, among others.