CALDWELL ADVENTIST ACADEMY

R.T. LIM BOULEVARD, ZAMBOANGA CITY

“The School for Future Leaders”
SENIOR HIGHSCHOOL DEPARTMENT

MODULE 1

UNIT 1: NATURE OF INQUIRY AND RESEARCH

WHAT THIS UNIT ALL ABOUT?

Human history abounds with problems. Problems are everywhere in different variety in different
perspective which affect mankind. Problems are observed along political, social, environmental and
many aspects of life. This may between individuals, groups or in an organization. In that, mankind wants
solution to these problems.

These solutions should not be only effective but also be acquired and used for improvement. To
be able to achieve that, solutions must be based in knowledge, not on mere beliefs, guesses, or theories.
To acquire this knowledge, it requires a well-planned and systematic procedure and should be
continuously evaluated on its accuracy and usefulness. In that, RESEARCH has been devised to meet this
need.

Research is a natural day-to-day activity of gathering information. It may in the form of

qualitative or quantitative. Qualitative researches are those studies in which the data concerned can be
described without the use of numerical data while quantitative research suggests that the data
concerned can be analyzed in terms of numbers.

Quantitative research designs use numbers in stating generalizations about a given problem or
inquiry in contrast to qualitative research that hardly uses statistical treatment in stating generalizations.
The numbers in quantitative research are the results of objective scales of measurements of the units of
analysis called variables.

Research findings are subjected to statistical treatment to determine significant relationships or

differences between variables, the results of which are the bases for generalization about phenomena.

In this unit, you will be encountering also the characteristics of quantitative research, its strength and
weaknesses, its kinds and importance across disciplines. In here also, we will be tackling kinds of variables and
its uses.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO LEARN?

After studying this unit, you are expected to be able to:

1. describe the characteristics, strengths, weaknesses and kinds of quantitative research;
2. explain the kinds of quantitative research designs;
3. illustrate the importance of quantitative research across fields; and
4. Differentiate the kinds of variables and their uses
 CALDWELL ADVENTIST ACADEMY
R.T. LIM BOULEVARD, ZAMBOANGA CITY
“The School for Future Leaders”
SENIOR HIGHSCHOOL DEPARTMENT

LESSON 1:
RESEARCH—CHARACTERISTICS, STRENGTH, WEAKNESSES AND KINDS

DEFINITION OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH:

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH is an objective, systematic empirical investigation of observable

phenomena through the use of computational techniques. It highlights numerical analysis of data hoping
that the numbers yield unbiased results that can be generalized to some larger population and explain a
particular observation. Simply, quantitative research is concerned with numbers and its relationship with
events.