Practical Research 2: Quarter 1 - Module 1: Characteristics, Strengths, Weaknesses, and Kinds of Quantitative Research
Practical Research 2: Quarter 1 - Module 1: Characteristics, Strengths, Weaknesses, and Kinds of Quantitative Research
Practical Research 2
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Characteristics, Strengths, Weaknesses,
and Kinds of Quantitative Research
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What I Know
Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the needed
21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the
module:
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided and
independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the
learning resource while being an active learner.
“One of the roads to success is to use the source of bliss in the precise quantity, at the
accurate time and in the factual way, and there is nothing wrong quality”.
To quantify is one that exists in every range of scales, and can therefore be measured in any
particular quantifiable property are expressed as a specific quantity, In research, Quantity is
frequently used to gain a general sense of phenomena and to form theories that can be tested using
further quantitative research. So it is significant for you to understand and apply accuracy to measure
a definite answer.
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
• Describe characteristics of quantitative research.
• Determine strengths, weaknesses of quantitative research.
• Identify the kinds of quantitative research
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Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
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Lesson
In Practical Research 2, is where the heart of inquiry lies on how can we describe Quantitative
Research and determine its strengths and weaknesses that we need to know. Getting to understand quantitative
research, one must have a review on how we can define Research in general. Added to this, learn some tips to
study quantitative research better.
Quantitative Research “Quantitative methods emphasize objective measurements and the statistical,
mathematical, or numerical analysis of data collected through polls, questionnaires, and surveys, or by
manipulating pre- existing statistical data using computational techniques. Quantitative research focuses on
gathering numerical data and generalizing it across groups of people
or to explain a particular phenomenon”.
It is highly recommended for the late phase of research because it provides the researcher a clearer
picture of what to expect in his research.
Objective in approach in the sense that it only seeks precise measurements and analysis of target
concepts to answer his inquiry.
Use quantitative research at the end of a design process to measure improvement. Quantitative
research design is an excellent way of finalizing results and proving or disproving a hypothesis.
After statistical analysis of the results in conducting quantitative research, a comprehensive answer is
reached, and the results can be legitimately discussed and concluded.
Quantitative experiments can be difficult, expensive and require a lot of time to perform. It must be
carefully planned to ensure that there is complete randomization and correct designation of control groups.
It is usually requires extensive statistical analysis, which can be difficult, due to most scientists not being
statisticians and the field of statistical study is a whole scientific discipline and can be difficult for non-
mathematicians.
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It requires a successful statistical confirmation of results which are very stringent, with very few
experiments comprehensively proving a hypothesis; there is usually some uncertainty, which needs retesting and
refinement to the design. This means another investment of time and resources must be committed to fine-tune
the results.
It tends to generate only proved or unproven results, with there being very little room for depressing
areas and uncertainty.
What’s In
Read each statement below carefully. Place a T before each number if you think the statement is
TRUE. Place an F if you think the statement is FALSE.
What’s New
Draw a magnifying glass if the sentence tells something on the strengths of a quantitative research
and a pen if the sentence tells something on the weaknesses of a quantitative research.
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What is It
Discussion of Activity 1
In writing your quantitative research, one must identify the appropriate design need to utilize for the
study, a researcher must have a prior knowledge to determine each types and know what problem that can lead
to use a particular method
Descriptive Design - also referred as Survey Research that can be used to get more details and tries to find, to
describe the existing status of a variable or phenomenon. It should be applied to give a detailed description of the
phenomenon or some factor at the moment. When the data is finally gathered, only after that the researchers
start to develop a hypothesis. Or the researcher does not start with a hypothesis, but naturally develops one after
the data is collected. Data collection is mostly observational in natural situation.
Sample problems and/or research questions that can lead to descriptive research are:
> Business and Market researchers that want to observe habits and traits of consumers or brand users.
> Organization, company and a business industry that wants to assess the mental state and status of its staff.
> A school governance or division office that wants to understand if students will access online lessons rather
than textbooks, different learning modalities in time of emergencies like Pandemic.
> An educational institution to understand if its intervention and innovations or programs that increase the overall
academic performance of the students.
Correlational Design - explores the relationship between variables using statistical evaluation and use to receive
more statistical data. This design will study the relationships between the different variable factors through the
statistical data processing. If to speak about the information collection, then this type is intended for observations
without the exploration of cause and effect. Therefore, it is a non-experimental research method, and also mostly
observational in terms of data collection. The researcher measures two variables, understands and assesses the
statistical relationship between them with no influence from any extraneous variable.
Sample problems and/or research questions that can lead to correlational research are:
> The amount of money a person has might positively correlate with the number of most number of assets
and companies he has.
> The level of being educated might negatively correlate with poverty when an increase in one variable leads to
a decrease in another and vice versa.
> A millionaire assets and happiness is not correlated. This means an increase in money doesn’t lead to
happiness.
> A study between fatal disease and marriage, where two variables: fatal disease and marriage. In which
marriage has a negative correlation with fatal disease. This means that people who are married are less likely
to develop this kind of disease.
Quasi-Experimental Design - which is also known as Causal-Comparative method seeks to begin a cause-
effect relationship between two or more variables. The researcher does not assign groups and does not
manipulate the independent variable. There are usually selected control groups which participants are exposed to
these factors and this control groups are identified to the variable. Results are compared with results from group
not exposed to the variable. The Quasi-research is used in field settings where random assignment is either
irrelevant or not required.
Sample problems and/or research questions that can lead to Quasi-Experimental research are:
> Impact on the social network of participating teachers in the Global Teaching Management through using
differing frequencies of follow-up to assess impact on maintenance of network cohesion.
> Supporting the Production of Vaccine against COVID-19 and Use of Health Systems Research Syntheses That
Draw on Quasi-Experimental Study Designs
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What’s More
Independent Activity 1
Identify and analyze the following statement that describes a research design. Choose your answer
from Descriptive Design, Correlational Design, Quasi-Experimental design and Experimental design.
1. A kind of research which is conducted with a scientific approach using two sets of variables.
2. It is a kind of non-experimental study in which relationships are assessed without manipulating
independent variables or randomly assigning participants to different conditions.
3. It is a type of research design where a researcher seeks to understand what kind of relationships naturally
occurring variables have with one another.
4. It is a scientific method which involves observing and explanatory in the behavior of a subject without
influencing it in any way.
5. A kind of research that involves the manipulation of an independent variable without the random assignment of
participants to conditions or orders of conditions.
Independent Assessment 1
By demonstrating an understanding of the topic, compare the type of quantitative research design with
one another. Fill out the table with required information. Identify its description and write example in each
research design.
1. Descriptive
2. Correlational
3. Experimental
4. Quasi-Experimental
Independent Activity 2
Directions: Identify the following statement about the characteristics of a quantitative research. If the statement
is correct write the word YES, If not write the correct answer on the space provided.
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Independent Assessment 2
Directions: Analyze the following statements and write a check ( ) on the space provided.
In which of the answer choices is a type of quantitative research design.
Independent Activity 3
Directions: Which from the following sentences describes the Characteristics of a Quantitative Research.
Draw heart ( ) inside the column before each number.
3. It is not based upon numerical measurements and does not use numbers and statistical methods.
4. It tends to be associated with small-scale studies and holistic perspective, often studying a single
occurrence or small number of occurrence /case studies in great depth.
5. The research study can usually be replicated or repeated, given its high reliability
6. Data are in the form of numbers and statistics, often arranged in tables, charts, figures, or other non-
textual forms
8. The results are based on larger sample sizes that are representative of population.
9. It tends to be associated with emergent research design, using a wide range of approaches.
10. Researcher has a clearly defined research question which objective answers are sought.
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Independent Assessment 3
Match the kinds of Quantitative Research Design in Column A with their Sample Study in Column B.
Pick the appropriate letter and write your answer on a separate answer sheet.
What I Can Do
The Quantitative Research Design is one of the significant part of the research process. Without it, the
researcher would not be able to process what he/she would set out for to conduct a study. This may vary based
from the criteria to be viable and worthy of any research undertaking.
Direction: Given the existing situations in our province, country and the world, WRITE three (3) Possible
Quantitative Research Study that can be undertaken by a Senior high school student.
1.________________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________________
Reflect on what you have learned after taking up this lesson by completing the chart below in 2-3
sentences.
I thought…
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I learned that…
Assessment
Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
1. Which of the following types of quantitative research requires there to be a control group and an
experimental group?
A. Action research
B. Case study surveys
C. Experimental design
D. Pre- Existing data
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Additional Activities
Access Online
Use the link to access the research document. Then, read on the example of quantitative research.
Write a short essay about the article that will guide to conduct your own study.
This thesis can be categorized under the Influencer Marketing industry with respect to social media
initiatives. Influencer marketing is a modern tactic used by brands to enhance their visibility to their target
audience by using the services of influential people. The objective of this thesis is to quantify the impact of social
media reviews on brand perception. Specifically, this thesis focuses on two diverse media platforms commonly
used for sharing opinions about products or services by publishing audio-visual or textual reviews: YouTube and
Yelp. First, we quantitatively analyze the impact of YouTube reviews of Smartphones on the audience through
their response to these video reviews. Second, using our findings from 942 YouTube Smartphone reviews, we
introduce a statistical model to predict audience engagement on a given video. Finally, we apply our method of
quantifying the impact of reviews on the content published on Yelp.com in the restaurant industry. The results
from this validation show that our method can be generically applied to other social media platforms and
consumer-focused industries. Our method can be employed by brand managers to turn social media reviews into
real-time feedback mechanism in order to improve brand perception in the minds of their target audience.
Activity Sheet
Name:
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
How are the data results analyzed and interpreted in the research? What method or instrument did
the researcher use? Explain.
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
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References
Joshi, N. 2015, A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Social Media Reviews on Brand
Perception
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