TYPES OF QUANTITATIVE
RESEARCH
1.) EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
- A structured, organized
method
*to determine whether some
program or treatment causes some
outcome or outcomes to occur
- To show that there is a
causal relationship.
 TRUE EXPERIMENTAL
- used to establish cause and
effect relationships
- Its active characteristic is active
manipulation of an independent variable.
- Its active characteristic is active
manipulation of an independent variable.
- This design provides a more
conclusive result because it uses random
assignment of subjects and experimental
manipulations.
* at least one experimental and
control group is used
Example:
A comparison of the effects of
various blended learning to the reading
comprehension of elementary pupils.
2.) QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL
RESEARCH
- attempts to establish cause and
effect relationship
- Independent variable is identified
but not manipulated.
- does not randomly assign groups.
* Although it resembles the experimental
design, the quasi-experimental has lesser
validity due to the absence of random
selection and assignment of subjects.
- The researcher does not modify
preexisting groups of subjects. The group
exposed to treatment (experimental) is
compared to the group unexposed to
treatment (control).
Example:
The effects of unemployment on
attitude towards following safety protocol
in ECQ declared areas.
 The relationship between the amount
of physical activity done and student
3.) DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH academic achievement.

- used to describe characteristics

of a population or phenomenon being
studied

- There is no experimental
manipulation, and the researcher does not
start with a hypothesis.

- it does not answer questions

about how/when/why the characteristics
occurred.

- aimed at finding out “what is”

- Designed to provide systematic
information about a phenomenon.

Example:
The determination of the different
kinds of physical activities and how often
high school students do it during the
quarantine period.”

4.) CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH

- Test for the relationship
between two variables.

- done to establish what affects

of one on the other might be and how that
affects the relationship

Example: