KINDS OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS

CLASSIFICATION OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGN

 It is concerned primarily with cause and effect relationship of the variables.

 It utilizes the principle of research known as the “method of difference.”

What is VARIABLE?

 It is anything that may assume varied numerical or categorical values.

TYPES OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGN

1. TRUE EXPERIMENTAL
 It contains three key features: (a) independent and dependent variables, (b) pre-testing and post-testing, and (C)
experimental and control groups.
2. QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
 It involves the manipulation of an independent variable without the random assignment of participants to
conditions or orders of conditions.
3. PRE-EXPERIMENTAL
 They are the simplest form of research design. In a pre-experiment, either a single group or multiple groups are
observed after some agent of treatment presumed to cause change.

TYPES OF NON-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGN

1. SURVEY RESEARCH DESIGN

 It is used to gather information from group of people by selecting and studying samples chosen from a
population.
 It may be done in various ways like face to face, phone call, mail, and online.
 Surveys generally ask respondents to report on their attitudes, opinions, perceptions, or behaviour.
2. DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH DESIGN
 It is used for portraying a population that has been chosen because of some specific characteristics.
 It is also used to determine extent or direction of attitudes and behaviours.
 It may be used to develop theories, justify current clinical practices or identify problems.
3. COMPARATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN
 It is used to compare and contrast representative samples from two or more groups of subjects in relation to
certain designated variables that occur in normal conditions.
4. CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH DESIGN
 It is used to investigate the direction and magnitude of relationships among variables in particular population.
 It is designed to study the change in one characteristics or phenomenon which corresponds to the changes in
another or with one another.
5. EVALUATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN
 It involves making judgement of worth or value.
 It can be formative (process) or summative (outcome).
 It is conducted to elicit useful feedback from a variety of respondents from various fields to aid in decision
making or policy information.