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    1 Quantitative Research

    Designs

    What’s In

    Quantitative research is more systematic and controlled than qualitative. However,


    both research methods have a statement of the problem to investigate. At this point, it is
    assumed that you are already done stating your research problem, the background of the
    study, scope and delimitation, hypothesis, conceptual framework, and review of related
    literature and studies.

    Each type of research has a unique design to follow that will also lead the direction of
    sampling procedure, data gathering, and data analysis. Each research type also aims to
    answer specific research questions; how it will be answered is determined by its design.

    Important considerations also are the variables of the study. The type of variables
    provides paradigm (your conceptual framework), which helps the researcher decide on what
    will be the design of the study.

    So it is very important that you have completed the previous tasks diligently to
    maximize your learning in this Module. In this lesson, you will be taught how to select an
    appropriate quantitative research design.

    What I Need to Know

    Meaning of Quantitative Research Designs


    When a man decides to build a house, does not he draws first the blue print before he
    will start to do the work? Same with the conduct of research, the blueprint for the collection,
    measurement, and data analysis is drawn as a pattern to follow. Furthermore, research
    designs enable the researcher to obtain a more valid, objective, reliable, and accurate answers
    to the research questions.

    Research design is defined as the logical and coherent overall strategy that the
    researcher uses to integrate all the components of the research study (Barrot, 2017, p 102).
    In order to find meaning in the overall process of doing your research study, a step-by-step
    process will be helpful to you.

    In quantitative research, you are going to have a great deal of abstraction and
    numerical analysis. According to Fraenkel and Wallen (2007, p 15), the research designs in
    quantitative research are mostly pre-established. Hence having an appropriate research
    design in quantitative research, the researcher will have a clearer comprehension of what he
    is trying to analyze and interpret.

    1
    What Is It

    Types of Quantitative Research Design

    Quantitative Research Designs have five general classifications: descriptive,


    correlational, ex post facto, quasi-experimental, and experimental.

    Descriptive Research. When little is known about the research problem, then it is
    appropriate to use descriptive research design. It is a design that is exploratory in nature. The
    purpose of descriptive research is basically to answer questions such as who, what, where,
    when, and how much. So this design is best used when the main objective of the study is just
    to observe and report a certain phenomenon as it is happening.

    Correlational Research. The main goal of this design is to determine if variable


    increases or decreases as another variable increases or decreases. This design seeks to
    establish an association between variables. It does not seek cause and effect relationship like
    descriptive research; it measures variables as it occurs. It has two major purposes: (a) to
    clarify the relationship between variables and (b) predict the magnitude of the association.
    However, the extent of the purpose of correlational research depends on the scope and
    delimitation of the study.

    Ex Post Facto. If the objective of the study is to measure a cause from a pre-existing
    effects, then Ex Post Facto research design is more appropriate to use. In this design, the
    researcher has no control over the variables in the research study. Thus, one cannot conclude
    that the changes measured happen during the actual conduct of the study.

    The last two types of quantitative research designs are identifiable for the existence of
    treatment or intervention applied to the current research study. Intervention or treatment
    pertains to controlling or manipulating the independent variable in an experiment. It is
    assumed that the changes in dependent variables were caused by the independent variable.

    There are also two groups of subjects, participants, or respondents in quasi-


    experimental and experimental research. The treatment group refers to the group subjected
    to treatment or intervention. The group not subject to treatment or intervention is called the
    control group.

    Quasi-Experimental. The term means partly, partially, or almost – pronounced as


    kwahz-eye. This research design aims to measure the causal relationship between variables.
    The effect measured is considered to have occurred during the conduct of the current study.
    The partiality of quasi-experimental design comes from assigning subjects, participants, or
    respondents into their groups. The groups are known to be already established before the
    study, such as age educational background and nationality. Since the assignment of subjects,
    participants, or respondents are not randomly assigned into an experimental or control groups,
    the conclusion of results is limited.

    Experimental Research. This research design is based on the scientific method


    called experiment with a procedure of gathering data under a controlled or manipulated
    environment. It is also known as true experimental design since it applies treatment and
    manipulation more extensively compared to quasi-experimental design. Random assignment
    of subjects or participants into treatment and control group is done increasing the validity of
    the study. Experimental research, therefore, attempts to affect a certain variable by directly
    manipulating the independent variable.

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