Lesson 13 Flashcards
Manipulates and control research situations and verify results, using empirical data
Quantitative Research
Concerned with the objective meaning of experience to an individual
Quantitative
Considered as HARD SCIENCE, characterized by replicable and reliable data
Quantitative
It uses the deductive or theory testing approach
Quanti
Types of Quantitative Research
Descriptive
Correlational
Causal-comparative / Quasi-experimental
Experimental
Seeks to describe the current status of an identified variable
Descriptive research
Provide a systematic information about phenomenon
Descriptive
What is an example of Descriptive Research
Survey
Attempts to determine the “extent of relationships between two or more variable” using statistical data
Correlational Research
In this type of research, variables are not manipulated
Correlational Research
Attempts to “establish cause-effect relationships” among the variables
Causal-comparative / Quasi-experimental
The researcher does not randomly assign groups and must use the one that are naturally formed or pre existing groups
Causal / Quasi
It is often called true experimentation
Experimental research
Uses the scientific method to establish the cause-effect relationship among a group of variables that make up a study
Experimental
Any study where “an effort is made to identify” and impose control over all other variables except one
True experiment
