Defining

Quantitative
Research
Ms. Rossel Gille B. Garcia
Worldometer revealed that as of
August 20, 2020 in the
Philippines, there are 178,022
coronavirus cases; 2, 883 are
deaths; and 114, 114 are
recovered.
• Quantitative research produces this kind
of news. It requires about people’s views
in a structured manner so that hard
evidences and statistics that may be used,
e.g., in collecting numerical data.
• The research uses these kind of data to
generalize conditions from across groups
of people.
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ABOUT QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH:
1. It is either descriptive, wherein subjects
are measured once, or experimental,
wherein subjects are measured before and
after.
2. Data is gathered using structured
instruments. The results are based on large
sample sizes that are representative of the
population and can be replicated.
 DEFINITION OF BABBIE (2010)
ABOUT QUANTITATIVE
RESEARCH:
3. It has clearly defined research
questions to which objective answers
are sought.
4. It aims to classify features, count
them, and construct statistical models in
an attempt to explain what is observed.
 Quantitative Paradigms
QUESTION
WHAT IS THE NATURE OF REALITY?
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF
RESEARCHER TO THE SUBJECT OF
RESEARCH?
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF VALUES?
WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE OF
RESEARCH?
WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF
RESEARCH?
ANSWER
Reality is objective, singular, and
separate from the researcher.
Researcher is independent from
the subject of research.
Research is value-free and
unbiased.
Formal, based on set definitions,
impersonal voice, and uses
accepted quantitative words.
Deductive Process