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Practical Research 2 Midterm IM05 1
Practical Research 2 Midterm IM05 1
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
★ According to values
★ According to scale of measurement
★ According to relationship
TYPES OF VARIABLES
★ According to values
QUALITATIVE OR CATEGORICAL VARIABLE
These are variables whose data are
non-numeric and whose observation vary in
kind but not in degree.
QUANTITATIVE VARIABLE
These are variables whose data are counts or
numerical measurements and whose
observations vary in magnitude.
There are two types of Quantitative variables:
1. Discrete variables
2. Continuous variables
QUANTITATIVE VARIABLE
There are two types of Quantitative variables:
1. Discrete variables - QNV whose observations
can assume only countable numbers and
values cannot take the decimal form.
2. Continuous variables - QNV whose
observations can assume any one of the
countless number of values in a line interval.
TYPES OF VARIABLES
★ According to scale of
measurement
NOMINAL VARIABLE
These are variables whose data are
non-numeric labels that do not reflect
quantitative information.
ORDINAL VARIABLE
● These are variables on which there is a
meaningful order or categories but there is no
measurable distance between categories.
INTERVAL VARIABLE
● These are variables whose data values are
ranged in a real interval and can be as large as
from negative infinity to positive infinity.
● Zero does not actually represent none or
nothing.
RATIO VARIABLE
● The highest level of measurement that has all
the characteristics of the interval plus a true
zero point.
● The value of zero represents none or nothing.
TYPES OF VARIABLES
★ According to relationship
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
Manipulated variable that cause change in
another variable.
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Those that are affected by independent
variables.
INTERVENING VARIABLE
These are called test or control variables that
either increase or decrease the effect of IV to DV.
Parts of a Research Paper
I. The Problem: Rational and Background
II. Review of Related Literature
III. Materials and Methods
IV. Results and Discussion
V. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN DOING RESEARCH PAPER ?
● Identifying the SUBJECT AREA/ TOPIC for investigation.
● Defining the research PROBLEM and stating the
OBJECTIVES.
● Formulating HYPOTHESIS.
● Conducting the EXPERIMENT.
● Collecting and recording DATA.
● ANALYZING and INTERPRETING data.
● Drawing the CONCLUSION.
● Giving RECOMMENDATION.
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Research Topic
Characteristics of a Good Research Topic
1. It is a topic that you are extremely passionate about all
throughout the inquiry process.
2. It is a topic that is valuable and worthwhile to you,
your fellow researchers and the society.
3. It is a topic that is doable; it allows you, as a
researcher, to demonstrate your mastery of the topic
and methods.
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1. Manpower. Whether the personnel's technology proficiency and
experience are up to standard? Does the staff have quality consciousness,
sense of responsibility and disciplines?