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PRACTICAL

RESEARCH 2
Quantitative Research

Prepared by: Ms.


Roma Mae F. Albito
LIST OF
TOPICS
Common Other Types of Importance and
Variables in Variables Use of Variables
Research
VARIABLES IN
RESEARCH
A variables in research refers to a
place, person, things, phenomenon
or characteristics such as weight,
height, anxiety levels, income, body
temperature and so on.
VARIABLES
Each of these properties varies
from one person to another and
also has different values along a
continuum.
It could be demographic,
physical or social include
religion, income, occupation,
temperature, food, etc.
VARIABLES IN
RESEARCH
Some variables can be
concrete and clear such as
gender, birth order, types of
blood group, etc. while others
can be abstract.
COMMON TYPES OF
VARIABLES

INDEPENDEN DEPENDENT
T VARIABLE VARIABLE
DEPENDENT
VARIABLE
• it relies on and can be changed
by other components. A grade
on an exam is an example of
dependent variable because it
depends on the factor such as
how much sleep you got and
how long you studied.
Independent variables can influence
the dependent variables but the
dependent variables cannot influence
independent variable.
Example: The time you spent in studying
(independent) can affect the grade on
your test (dependent) but the grade on
your test cannot affect the time you spent
in studying.
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
• it is a singular characteristics that the other
variables in your experiment cannot
change. Age is an example of independent
variable. Where someone lives, what they
eat or how much they exercise are not
going to change their age. Independent
variable can, however, change other
Example: A student is
interested in determining the
effects of exposure to different
colored lights on the growth of
the plants.
The independent variable is the
exposure to different colored
lights because this is the variable
being manipulated. Plant growth is
the dependent variable because this
change as a result of manipulating I.V.
Other Types of Variables
in Research
• Act. # 6
• T.A: Preparation; Concept
Notes
CONTROL
VARIABLE
• Control or controlling variables are
characteristics that are constant and
do not change during a study. They
have no effect on other variable.
Researchers might intentionally keep
a control variable the same
throughout an experiment to prevent
Example: In an experiment
about plant development, control
variable might include the
amounts of fertilizer and water
each plant gets. These amounts
are always the same so that they
do not affect the plants’ growth.
INTERVENING
VARIABLE
• Called as mediator variable, is a
theoretical variable that the
researcher uses to explain a cause or
connection between other study
variables – usually the independent
and dependent ones.
Example: If wealth is the
independent variable, and a
long – life span is the
dependent variable, the
researcher might hypothesize
that access to quality
healthcare is the intervening
variable that links wealth and
life span.
MODERATING
VARIABLE
• A moderating or moderator variable
changes the relationship between
dependent and independent variables
by strengthening or weakening the
intervening variable’s effect.
Example: In a study looking at the
relationship between economic
status (independent variable) and
how frequently people get physical
exams from a doctor (dependent
variable), age is moderating
variable. That relationship might be
weaker in younger individuals and
stronger in older individual.
QUANTITATIVE
VARIABLE
• Any data sets that involve numbers
or amounts. Examples might
include height, distance, or number
of items.
• Two types of quantitative variables:
continuous and discrete
• Discrete –any numerical variable
QUANTITATIVE
VARIABLE
• Continuous – numerical variable
that you could never finish counting
such as time
QUALITATIVE
VARIABLE
• are non-numerical values or
grouping, examples might include
eye or hair color.
• Three Types of Qualitative variable
are binary, nominal, and ordinal.
• Binary – variables with only two
categories, such as male or female.
QUALITATIVE
VARIABLE
• Nominal – variables you can organize in
more than two categories that do not
follow a particular order. Example, housing
types: single – family home, condominium
etc.
• Ordinal - variables you can organize in
more than two categories that follow a
EXTRANEOUS
VARIABLE
• Factors that affect the dependent
variable but that the researcher did
not originally consider when
designing an experiment. These
unwanted variables can
unintentionally change a study’s
results or how the researcher
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