RESEARCH REVIEWER

 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH – USES SCIENTIFICALLY COLLECTED AND

STATISTICALLY ANALYZE DATA.

CHARACTERISTICS OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

1. LARGE SAMPLE SIZE – TO OBTAIN MORE MEANINGFUL STATISTICAL

RESULT
2. OBJECTIVITY – UNAFFECTED BY THE RESEARCHER’S INTUITION
3. CONCISE VISUAL PRESENTATION – CAN BE ILLUSTRATED THROUGH
GRAPHS, CHARTS, AND TABLES
4. FASTER DATA ANALYSIS – WITH THE USE OF STATISTICAL TOOLS
5. GENERALIZED DATA – APPLIED TO THE POPULATION
6. FAST AND EASY DATA COLLECTION – USES STANDARDIZED
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
7. RELIABLE DATA - ANALYZED OBJECTIVELY
8. HIGH REPLICABILITY – REPEATED TO VERIFY FINDINGS

STRENGTH OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

1. VERY OBEJCTIVE
2. NUMERICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE DATA CAN BE USED TO PREDICT
OUTCOMES
3. FINDINGS ARE GENERALIZED TO POPULATION
4. CONCLUSIVE ESTABLISHMENT OF CAUSED AND EFFECT
5. FAST AND EASY ANALYSIS TRU STATISTICAL SOFTWARE
6. FAST AND EASY DATA GATHERING
7. CAN BE REPLICATED BUT NOT DUPLICATED
8. VALID AND RELIABLE

WEAKNESES OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

1. LACKS OF NECESSARY DATA TO EXPLORE IN-DEPTH PROBLEM
2. DOESN’T PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE EXPLANATION OF HUMAN
EXPERIENCES
3. FEELINGS AND BELIEFS CANNOT DESCRIBE IN NUMBERS
4. RIGID AND NOT VERY FLEXIBLE
5. PARTICIPANTS LIMITED TO CHOOSE ONLY FROM THE GIVEN
RESPONSES
6. INNACURATE RESPONSE
7. COSTLY

KINDS OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

1. DESCRIPTIVE DESIGN – DESCRIBE PARTICULAR PHENOMENON
AND SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES
2. CORRELATIONAL DESIGN – IDENTIFY THE RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN VARIABLES
3. EX POST FACTO – POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAST AND
PRESENT EVENTS
4. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN – CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP OF VARIABLES
5. SURVEY – SIMPLIEST AND EASIEST WAY
6. EVALUATIVE – OUTCOME ORIENTED / JUDGEMENT

 VARIABLE – ANYTHING THAT HAS QUANTITY OR QUALITY.