RESEARCH
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QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Content Standard Performance Learning Competencies
Standard
QUANTITATIVE
RESEARCH
Strengths Weaknesses
Strengths of Quantitative Research
• Precision of numbers
• Level of significance (statistical) can be determines – that results are
not due to chance alone
• Sample is less prone to sampling bias
• Error can be computed, e.g., sampling error
Weaknesses of Quantitative Research
• Inadequacy of numbers for total picture and depth of analysis
• Less than 100% accuracy in sampling, instrument construction and
administration
• Assumptions in statistical methods
Addressing Weaknesses of Quantitative Research
• Rigor in doing quantitative research procedures
• Descriptive survey
does not manipulate variables, describes patterns of data in
percentages, mean, median, and mode
• Correlation Causal
Correlation study determines relationship between two
variables: positive or negative; high, moderate, or low
relationship
Causal study determines causation, dependence of variable on
one or more variables, stronger relationship than correlation
Common Kinds of Quantitative Research
• Experimental (many designs)
True Experimental Design
Where:
R = randomly sampled individuals in group O1 = pretest (before treatm
X = treatment or intervention
O2 = posttest (after treatment)
O
Experimental Group R O1 X 2
O
Control Group R O1 2
Common Kinds of Quantitative Research
•Quasi-Experimental (intact groups)
Where:
O1 = pretest X1 = treatment or intervention
circumstance or
conditions
gradually
2. What stand did the student leaders express about their school’s
new policy on tardiness and absences of students?
Research Title Predictor Variable Criterion Variable
Relationship of Leadership
Styles and Levels of
Satisfaction of Customers
of Selected Restaurants
Profile of Parents and
Family Bonding: Their
Influence on Study Habits
and Achievement Level
Types of Business and
Managerial Skills Towards
Profitability Level of
Canteens
Disciplinary Mechanisms
and Behavioral Changes
Among Senior High School