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Quan%ta%ve Research Methods

1. The document discusses quantitative research methods, which involve collecting and analyzing numerical data using statistical techniques to answer questions about relationships between measurable variables. 2. It explains that quantitative research is designed to produce statistically reliable data about how many people do or think something, typically in numerical form like averages or percentages. 3. The document covers descriptive and inferential statistics, observational studies, correlational research, and survey research as common quantitative research designs.

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Quan%ta%ve Research Methods

1. The document discusses quantitative research methods, which involve collecting and analyzing numerical data using statistical techniques to answer questions about relationships between measurable variables. 2. It explains that quantitative research is designed to produce statistically reliable data about how many people do or think something, typically in numerical form like averages or percentages. 3. The document covers descriptive and inferential statistics, observational studies, correlational research, and survey research as common quantitative research designs.

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Quan%ta%ve

Research
Methods
Objec%ves
By the end of this topic, you should be able to:
1. Explain what is quan;ta;ve research method;
2. Describe the three types of descrip;ve
research designs;
3. Differen;ate the two types of survey; and
4. Apply the common sta;s;cal approaches in
quan;ta;ve data analysis.
What is
Research is a process of steps used to
collect and analyze informa;on in order to
increase our understanding of a topic or issue.
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

What is it?
•  Quan;ta;ve research is a study involving the use
and analysis of numerical data using sta;s;cal
techniques.


•  It is used to answer ques;ons on rela;onships
within measurable variables with an inten;on to
explain, predict and control a phenomena

What is it for?
Quan;ta;ve research methods are designed to produce
sta%s%cally reliable data that tells us how many people
do or think something.

Quan;ta;ve data typically is in
numerical form such as
averages, ra;os or ranges.
When should it be used?

•  When trying to measure a trend such as ‘do youth talk to their
parents about issues important to them?’
•  When data can be obtained in numerical forms such as ‘number
of children under 15 who par:cipate in peace building ac:vi:es’.
•  When simple objec;ve responses can be received such as yes
and no ques;ons.
•  There is no uncertainty about the concepts being measured, and
there is only one way to measure each concept.
•  You are trying to collect data in ra;os, percentages and averages
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

Results need to be calculated using Excel,


Can be used when large quan;;es of data Access, or data analysis soTware (such as
need to be collected SPSS), which may not always be accessible
to a country program.

The larger the sample, the more ;me it


The result is usually numerical (quan;fiable)
takes to analyse the data and analyse
and hence considered more “objec;ve”
results.

The data is considered quan;fiable and The larger the sample the more ;me it takes
usually generalizable to a larger popula;on to collect data

It can provide a clear, quan;ta;ve measure The quan;ta;ve data ignores a very
to be used for grants and proposals important human element
Quan;ta;ve method typically begins with data collec:on
based on a hypothesis or theory and it is followed with
applica;on of descrip%ve or inferen%al sta;s;cs.

G  descrip%ve sta;s;cs – deals with


organizing & summarizing observa;ons do
that they are easier to comprehend.

inferen%al sta;s;cs – deals with the


formula;on of inferences about condi;ons
that exist in a popula;on from study of a
sample.
Observa%on Studies
q  Involved in both quan%ta%ve and
qualita%ve research methods.

q  However, in quan;ta;ve methods, the
focus of observa;on studies is on a
par%cular factor of behaviour and it is
quan%fied.

q  In this type of design, a researcher will
try to maintain objec%vity in assessing
the behaviour being studied.
Correla%onal Research
For example, as storage becomes larger, it is easier to
manage databases. In other words, there is a
correla;on between storage size and database
capacity.

Correla;onal results can be represented using various
means of visualisa;on. One such example would be
using the scaKerplot which allows a visual inspec;on
of the rela;onship between two variables.
Correla%onal Research
By examining the scaaerplot, we can
iden;fy or describe the homogeneity or
heterogeneity of the two variables.

Secondly, we can describe the degree of
w h i c h t h e t w o v a r i a b l e s a r e
intercorrelated or using sta;s;cal
approach known as correla;on
coefficient.

Finally, we can interpret these data and
give them meaning.
Survey Research

The ul;mate goal of survey research is to
learn about a large popula%on by
surveying a sample of the popula%on.

Thus we may also call it descrip%ve survey
or norma%ve survey.


In this method, a researcher poses a series
of ques:ons to the respondents,
summarises their responses in
percentages, frequency distribu:on and
some other sta:s:cal approaches.
Survey Research
It typically employs:

a. Face-to-face interviews
b. Telephone interviews
c. Ques%onnaires

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