PRACTICAL
RESEARCH
Identify what characteristic of a researcher is being referred to in the following statements.
Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
• 1. An experience researcher should impart knowledge to his or
her students.
• a. Responsible Publication
• b. Non-discrimination
• c. Respect for colleagues
• d. Social Responsibility
• 2. The researcher should ensure that the participants will not be
adversely affected by the research and its results.
• a. Care
• b. Human subjects protection
• c. Respect for colleagues
• d. Social Responsibility
Recall
• • What is the definition of Research?
• • Can you identify at least four (4) characteristics of research?
• • Can you explain briefly the importance of ethics in research?
Activity 1
• Sort out the RED letters to supply and to form new words which will
be written on the boxes provided below.
QUALITY EQUALLY
_ _ _ N _ _ _ _ _ IVE _ _ _ _ IT _ TIVE
Research and research methods
• Research methods are split broadly into quantitative and qualitative
methods
• Which you choose will depend on
• your research questions
• your underlying philosophy of research
• your preferences and skills
Quantitative vs Qualitative Research
• Quantitative Research
• is a positivist scientific method which refers to a general set of orderly
discipline procedures to acquire information (Beck, 2004).
• Mostly, it is concerned with numbers and measurement.
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
• - is defined as the “naturalistic method of research which deals with
the concern of human difficulty by discovering it straightly.” (Beck,
2004)
• It is concerned with the experiences, understanding and words of the
individual.
RESEARCH
• QUALITATIVE • QUANTITATIVE
• ETHNOGRAPHY • EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
• GROUNDED THEORY PRE-EXPERIMENTAL
• CASE STUDY TRUE-EXPERIMENTAL
• DISCOURSE ANALYSIS QUASI EXPERIMENTAL
• PHENOMENOLOGY • NON EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
• HISTORICAL RESEARCH • SURVEY RESEARCH
• NARRATIVE REPORT • DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
• COMPARATIVE RESEARCH
• BIOGRAPHY
• CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH
• SCHOLARLY CHRONICLE
• INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY • ACTION RESEARCH
• LIFE HISTORY WRITING
DIFFERENCE OF QUALITATIVE VS
QUANTITATIVE
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QUANTITATIVE
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QUANTITATIVE
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QUANTITATIVE
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• Inductive • Deductive
• OBSERVATION • THEORY
↓ • ↓
• GENERALIZATION • PRODUCTION
↓ • ↓
• THEORY • EXPERIMENT
DIFFERENCE OF QUALITATIVE VS
QUANTITATIVE
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QUANTITATIVE
Similarities: Qualitative Research and
Quantitative Research
• 1. Both have the process of inquiry and investigation.
• 2. Both improve life and help us in understanding various issues of life
and in giving solutions to our problems
• 3. Both start with a problem and end with a new problem.
• 4. Both use textual forms in analyzing and interpretation of data.
• 5. Both use inductive and deductive methods of presenting data.
Using a Venn Diagram below, illustrate the differences and similarities between a
quantitative and qualitative method of research by filling in completely the
Venn diagram presented.