PART 6-

DESCRIPTIVE
DESIGNS
Objectives.. At the end of the lesson
the students can:

1.Describe the values of descriptive

research
2.Identify and describe the types of
descriptive research
Descriptive design is a study that focuses at present
conditions to find new truth. These are valuable in:

1.Providing facts in which scientific judgements

may be based
2.Provides essential knowledge about a person and
the nature of objects
3.For closer observation into the practices,
behaviour, methods and procedures.
4. Play a large part in developing the instrument
for measurement for many things
(questionnaires, tests, Interviews, checklist, score
cards, rating cards and observation schedules)

5. formulate policies in the local, national or

international level.
 Types of descriptive research
1.Descriptive survey 6. Descriptive evaluative

2. Descriptive normative 7. Descriptive comparative

3. Descriptive status 8. Correlational survey

4. Descriptive analysis 9.Longitudinal survey

5.Descriptive classification
1.Descriptive survey- is suitable wherever the subject vary among
themselves. It is interested to know the extent to which different
conditions and situations are obtained among these subjects.
A survey is useful in:

A.Providing the value of facts

B.Focus attention on most important things to be reported
C.The data from these research when used as the basis for inference,
may aid in solving practical problems.
2. Descriptive normative survey- (normative
because the survey is frequently made to
ascertain the normal or typical condition for
practice or to compare local test results with a
state or national norm. local tests in the region is
compared with DepEd test.
3. Descriptive status- seeks to answer questions to real
facts relating to existing conditions-(study the socio
economic of teachers, answer to the questionnaire will
show whether the higher the socio economic status the
higher the performance; and the lower the socio
economic status the lower the performance)
4. Descriptive analysis- describes the nature of an
object by separating it into parts. It aims to discover the
nature of things- what are they composed of, their
structure, how are they assembled.

5. Descriptive classification- is used in natural

sciences in taxonomic studies.
6.Descriptive evaluation- to appraise the worthiness of
the current study.

7.Descriptive comparative- considers 2 variables and

establish a formal procedure to compare and conclude
that one is better than the other. (teaching English by
rhetoric or by content- concludes one is better than the
other)
8.Correlational survey- to determine the relationship of two
variables.(x+y) whether the relationship is perfect, very high,
moderate, negligible. A perfect positive correlation- an
individual performance in x is the same as in y (tops both x
and y tests).

9. Longitudinal survey- involves much time allotted for

investigation for the same subject (math achievement pattern
of secondary students ages 13-16, records the achievement at
age 13 then follow them at age 16.)
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