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1) Quantitative research focuses on collecting and analyzing numerical data using statistical methods. It aims to test hypotheses about relationships between variables. 2) There are two main types of variables in quantitative research: independent variables that influence other variables, and dependent variables that are influenced by independent variables. 3) Examples show independent variables like diet, amount of ribbons stocked, and vitamin C dose, and dependent variables like aging in rats, headband sales, and cancer occurrence. Statistical tests are used to analyze relationships between variables.

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PR 2 Notes

1) Quantitative research focuses on collecting and analyzing numerical data using statistical methods. It aims to test hypotheses about relationships between variables. 2) There are two main types of variables in quantitative research: independent variables that influence other variables, and dependent variables that are influenced by independent variables. 3) Examples show independent variables like diet, amount of ribbons stocked, and vitamin C dose, and dependent variables like aging in rats, headband sales, and cancer occurrence. Statistical tests are used to analyze relationships between variables.

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 Cause

Research Dependent Variable


Is getting knowledge about things you want to know and  The variable that changes as a result of an
learning from all possible sources such as from a friend, an intervention or experiment.
expert to media sources using a scientific process for the  Effect
discovery of truth or even invention and development of
existing products.
Case 1
Practical Research 2 will focus on quantitative To determine whether a diet of blueberries has an effect on
research. One example is when your teacher aging, an experiment involving 19-month old rats was
undertaken. In this study, one group of rats was fed with
required you to gather numerical data and
their standard diet, while the other three groups were fed
process this data using statistical treatment with diet supplemented with blueberry, strawberry, or
during your science laboratory activity. spinach powder, respectively. After eight weeks, the rats
were given a memory test and motor skills test.
Independent Variable: Diet
Quantitative Research Dependent Variable: Aging of rats
Makes you focus your mind by means of statistics that
involve collection and study of numerical data. Numerical Case 2
data is pertaining to a number or symbol to express how
many, how much or what rank things are to have in this Lucy is an owner of a fashion accessories store. She
world. surveyed her customers on their preferences for
accessories on a headband. She found out that her
customers prefer ribbons. Thus, Lucy would stock up on
Definition of Quantitative research method ribbons because this will determine the number of
headbands with ribbons that she can sell.
 Hypothesis testing
 Number/symbol Independent Variable: Amount of ribbons
 Measurable Dependent Variable: Number of headbands with ribbons

Statistical Treatment
 T-Test – Comparative study/ only two variables
 ANOVA – more than two variables Case 3
 Pearson’s r – correlation of two variables
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), if given in megadose, is known
to reduce the occurrence of cancer cells. To test this
hypothesis, patients with known cancers were given
megadose of vitamin C for a period of 12 weeks. After 12
weeks, screening tests were done to determine if cancer
cells decreased.
Independent Variable: Megadose of scorbic acid
Dependent Variable: To reduce the occurrence of cancer
cells

Variables Quantitative Variable


 Is anything that has a quantity or quality that varies.
Discrete
 It is a characteristic or attribute of interest in the
research study that can take on different values and  Are countable whole numbers. It does not take
is not constant. negative values or values between fixed points.
 EXAMPLES: the number of children in a
household, the number of pages in a book, the
Independent Variable
number of canned goods in a sari-sari store.
 Is hypothesized to affect the dependent variable.
Continuous
 Take fractional (non-whole number) values that can
either be a positive or negative.
 EXAMPLES: the temperature of child with fever,
the running time of an athlete in a race

Levels of measurement
Nominal – provides a label, categorization or
classification
EXAMPLE: gender
Ordinal – provides an order of rank or of the value
EXAMPLE: degree of satisfaction
Interval – the difference between two points on a scale
EXAMPLE: time as read on a 12 hour clock
Ratio – has the property of nominal, ordinal and interval
EXAMPLE: work experience

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