Importance of Quantitative Research in Different Fields and Nature of Variables

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to discover solutions to issues in educational research most especially in terms of assessment, program evaluation, evaluation, and statistics

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Education

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to assess techniques and strategies that will help businessmen in their decision-making practices

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business

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to investigate methods or approaches that will enhance one’s style and creativity

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Arts

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to better understand the attitudes and social interactions possess by different individuals

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Social Inquiry

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to understand the relationship between one’s health and athletic performance

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Sports

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to examine the trends and tendencies in the use of information technology

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Information and Communication Technology

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to improve the management of fisheries and conserve the aquatic population

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Agriculture and Fisheries

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to improve the effectiveness of a newly developed medicine, treatment, or approaches in addressing health problems

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Science

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is a characteristic or attribute of interest in the research study that can take on different values and is not constant. ________ may be straightforward and easy to measure including characteristics such as gender, weight, height, age, size, and time.

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Variable

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Kinds of Variables

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DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT

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is the variable manipulated or changed by the researcher. The __________ affects or determines the values of dependent variable.

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independent variable

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is sometimes referred to as the outcome variable because the resulting outcome of manipulating the independent variable is typically the focus of the research study. The ______________ is the one that the researcher is attempting to predict or explain.

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dependent variable

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are numerical which represents a measurable quantity. Some of the examples are time, height, weight, and number of population.

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Quantitative Variables

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Two Types of Quantitative Variables

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Discrete Variables
Continuous Variables

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are countable which have certain number of values. Some of the examples are number of students in a class, number of needle punctures, and money in your pocket.

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Discrete Variables

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are referred to interval variables which are measured in ranges and can be denoted by non-whole numbers. It can have positive or negative values.

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Continuous Variables

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are special type of continuous variables which cannot have a negative value.

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Ratio variables

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are also known as categorical variables. Their values do not result from measuring or counting. Some of the examples are religion, blood type, profession, and color.

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Qualitative variables

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Two Types of Qualitative Variables

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Dichotomous variables
Nominal variables

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have only two distinct categories or values. Some of the examples are True or False, Yes or No, and Male or Female

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Dichotomous variables

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are the most basic level of measurement. These are variables that have two or more mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories. However, these categories cannot be ordered. Some examples of nominal variables are marital status, blood type, hair color, citizenship, mode of transportation, and source of income.

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Nominal variables

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have a logical numerical sequence or order. It also refers to a position in a series. Variables with numerically relevant categories are called ordinal variables. An example may be asking someone how often he or she eats foods in the restaurant – their response options are Very often, Frequently, Sometimes or Never.

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Ordinal Variables

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are just like any variable which are not categorized as a dependent or independent variable in a study. It can also refer to any variables that you are not intentionally studying in your experiment or test.

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Extraneous Variables