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Quantitative Research: Non-Experimental - SURVEY Experimental
Quantitative Research: Non-Experimental - SURVEY Experimental
Non-Experimental ---SURVEY
Experimental
CAUSE AND EFFECT
PRE-TEST/POST-TEST
LABORATORY
Quantitative Research
Survey- quantitative or numeric description of
some part of a population
A “sample” via questionnaire (if people are involved)
Results enables researcher to generalize the findings
from a sample of responses.
Experimental- TESTS cause and effect
relationships between groups.
Researcher manipulates one or more independent
variables
Determines if manipulations cause an outcome
Quantitative
Methods
Non
Non- probablity
Experimental Experimental
Sampling
Probability
Provides Selection, Random
numeric assignment selection
Size of Subjects and number of
description of Convenience
sample subjects
Survey some part of Sample
the population Random
Sampling
collected at Independent
cross one point in Variables
Survey sectional time
Design
Dependent
collected over
longitudinal a period of discuss
time Describe materials
Instrumentation instrument/s used to
and materials to be used in create
experiment treatment
Describe the
conditions
Population population
and Sample
Instrumentation Step-by-step
Reliability Procedure
Intact approach
Pilot Study/
testing
Describe Describe
descriptive inferential
Statistical statistics
Analysis statistics
calculated used to test
hypothesis
Variables in
Study
Data Analysis
Social Science (Sample) Surveys
When we “survey” something, we
inspect it in detail
A “social survey”, therefore, is an
inspection of a particular society or part
of society and a collection of facts about
that society, institution or group
Social Surveys: History