Chapter 2
Chapter 2
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CHERRIE MAE M. MANUEL
RESEARCH DESIGN
• Used to structure the research, to show how all of
the major parts of the research paper work
together to address the general research objective.
• The “backbone” of the research procedure
• Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed Method
• Methods of collecting data (specify the design)
QUANTITATIVE
RESEARCH DESIGN
✔ A systematic investigation of phenomena by gathering
quantifiable data
1.Experimental – what will be when certain variables are
carefully controlled or manipulated (pre-test, post test)
2.Correlational – investigate relationships among two or
more variables
3.Descriptive Survey – provide simple information about
the frequency or amount of something.
QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH DESIGN
✔ Gathers participants’ experiences, perceptions, and behavior.
1.Grounded Theory – to generate or discover a theory that
relates to a particular environment.
2.Ethnographic – description and interpretation of a cultural
or social group system.
3.Phenomenological – to fully understand the essence of
some phenomena.
4.Narrative – use “lived stories” of individuals and groups
MIXED METHOD
RESEARCH DESIGN
✔ Use both qualitative and quantitative approaches in a
single study.
1.Explanatory sequential design – starts either a
quantitative or qualitative phase and then employe the
other approach.
2.Exploratory sequential study – begins with qualitative
methods that are used to gather information that is then
used for the subsequent quantitative phase.
3.Convergent design – emphasizes both quantitative and
qualitative approaches about equally and use results from
both to address the research question.
LOCALE AND POPULATION OF THE
STUDY
• Target population (group of individuals who have the
same characteristics) and the sample (subgroup of the
target population) frame
• How the respondents of the study are selected and how an
appropriate sampling method is chosen
• Rule of thumb, “To select as large a sample as possible
from the population”
• Approximately 15 participants in each group –
experimental
• Approximately 30 participants – correlational
SAMPLING