Name : Salsabilla Azahra

Class : 4B PBI

NIM : 216121049
HOMELITERATURE
What is the Research Approach?
Research approach is the way in which the researcher approaches the object of study. Research
approaches are plans and the procedures for research that span the steps from broad assumptions to
detailed methods of data collection, analysis, and interpretation.

The 3 main approaches to research

1- Qualitative

Qualitative research is an approach for exploring and understanding the meaning individuals or
groups ascribe to a social or human problem

Characteristics:

- Their approaches are more general.

- Research questions are discovered and refined in the course of study.

- Inductive reasoning follows.

- The goal is not usually to test a hypothesis.

- The collection of data does not follow standardized procedures and its analysis is not statistical.
There is greater interest in the subjective.

- Emotions, feelings, anecdotes and experiences are in the researcher's focus.

- The ways to collect data are usually observation, interviews, group discussions and
documentary research.

- It is also called the holistic, because it considers the"everything"before the parts.

- It does not interfere in reality, but is appreciated and evaluated as it happens. Interpretation
plays a central role.

- Their results can be discussed in the scientific communities by the subjective component
involved, and are not usually replicable or comparable.

2- Quantitative

Quantitative research is an approach for testing objective theories by examining the relationship among
variables

Characteristics:

- It deals with a specific problem, delimited and specific.

- Hypotheses arise prior to data collection and analysis.

- The measurement of quantities and / or dimensions governs the process of data collection.

- Uses standardized procedures validated by previous research or other researchers.

- The results are interpreted in the light of the initial hypotheses and are fragmented to facilitate
their interpretation.

- Uncertainty and error should be minimal.

- It inquires into the causal relationships between the elements present in the study.

- Look for regularities because it seeks to check theories.

- Deductive reasoning is followed; that is, its starting point is the application of evidence, which
is analyzed and from which new theories are likely to arise.

3- Mixed
It is a relatively recent paradigm that combines quantitative and qualitative approaches in the
same study. Although not very popular among scientists, it has found acceptance in some studies
related to the social sciences.

Data collection and analysis combine standardized and interpretive methods. Results from one or
the other approach intersect.

These results can be generalized and give rise to new hypotheses or the development of new
theories. This approach is usually used to solve complex research problems.

Results-based research approaches

Another way to classify research approaches has to do with the perspective from which the
results are presented:

Descriptive
It is an approach in which the characteristics of a problem are the main concern of the researcher.

In this case, the facts to be described must be selected according to well-defined criteria to
demonstrate relationships of interest.

Explanatory
This approach is used to inquire into the relationships between the origin, cause and effect of a
particular situation.

Remediation
In this case, the objective is to correct or improve some condition of the object of study, so that
possible causes and effects are analyzed.

Historical
As its name implies, the approach to knowledge is that which contemplates the historical
evolution of the subject. The researcher concentrates on explaining the origin and trajectory of
the object of study.

Whichever research approach is selected, a combination of approaches is usually done to achieve

a more complete understanding of the subject matter.