EED RES – RESEARCH IN EDUCATION

Homework 1 – Comparing and Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Instructions:
1. This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment worth 50 points. Use this document as your answer
sheet.
2. Compare and contrast quantitative and qualitative researches by filling in the table
below with information that can be obtained from the accompanying sample
quantitative research article and qualitative research article.
3. Deadline of submission is on September 4, 2023 at 11:59PM. Submit your work online
via the Assignment section.

Aspect Quantitative Research Qualitative Research

Purpose; The impact of student motivation on The motivation factors that
(What is/are academic accomplishment among contribute to learning among young
being undergraduate students in the adult learners in selected schools in
investigated?) University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia.
(10 points) Malaysia.
Type of Correlational research Cae Study
Research
Design
employed
(8 points)
Sampling Non-Probability Sampling; 364 Purposive Sampling; 23 students
technique Students
used;
Sample size
(8 points)
Data gathering A total of 450 questionnaires were Four focus groups participated in the
procedures distributed to various respondents data collection. Each group
used to do away with spoiled, consisted of five to seven learners.
(8 points) damaged, and unreturned Purposive sampling was used in this
questionnaires. The questionnaire study by selecting the participants
was distributed in hostels, based on the criteria that the
libraries, and lecture theatres. The participants attended the
data was taken because it allows motivational session conducted by
easy access to the respondents the researchers. Hence a total of 23
and, beyond all, easy retrieval of the participants were selected for the
questionnaires. A female assistant study.
was involved in getting the
questionnaire to female
respondents and its eventual
retrieval in their hostels. To avoid
missing questionnaires, the
 researchers jot down the room
numbers of those who accepted
participating in the study. The
researchers brief the respondents
on the study's aim and ensure
the confidentiality of any
information provided.

Data gathering Questionnaire Semi-structured Interview

tools/
instruments
used
(8 points)
Data analysis The coded responses were subjected The researchers used thematic
techniques/ to a statistical analysis using analysis to analyse interview data.
procedures the statistical package for social They first listened and transcribed
used sciences. Using the statistical the interactions verbatim. Then they
(8 points) software for social science (SPSS) analyzed the participants’ responses
version 20, the data was and coded them accordingly before
examined using correlation producing appropriate themes.
analysis and a fundamental linear
regression analysis.