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DAY OF LEARNING
LEARNING TARGETS
 2 TYPES OF RESARCH

QUALITATIVE
-natur alis tic inquir y
- s eeks an in - dept h
unders t anding o f pheno mena
QUANTITATIVE
-c ollec ting and analyzing
numer ic al data
-d es c r ib e c har ac ter is tic s

- fo cus es o n "why" rat her

-find c or r elations
t han "t hat "

-to gain ins ights -tes t hyp othes es

 -genera tes numeric d a ta or
d a ta tha t ca n b e tra n sf orm e d
1 into usa b le sta tistics b y
quantifying th e p rob lem

HT T PS ://W W W 2. B ART LEBY . COM/ESS A

Y/T HE -IMPO RT ANCE -O F -
QUANT IT AT IVE -RES EARCH -
-ou t of 30 mosq u itos, h ow
m a ny get killed f rom the
f ormula ted insecticid e
-h ow ma ny f rom the va ccina ted
p op u lation manif ested severe
a d verse ef f ects
 -quantifies a ttitu d es,
2 op inions, & b eha viors & other
va riables to gen era lize resu lts
f rom a la rger p op u la tion
 -th e no. of p eop le in a given
b a r a n ga y tha t a re a wa r e of th e
im p orta n ce of p et va ccin a tion
 -mea sura b le d a ta give n in
3 q u a n tita tive resea rch a re
u sed to formu la te f a cts a n d
u n cover p a tterns in resea rch
Wh at are the va ria b les in
resea rch?
Independent
Variable:

Dependent
Variable:

Controlled
Variable:
Independent
Variable:
Dependent
Variable:
Controlled
Variable:
 Let’s Reflect:
W h y d id the d iscovery of the Covid -1 9
Va ccine becom e su ccessf u l?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
LET'S REFLECT
LET'S REFLECT
Apply What You Know

Construct a research working

title and identify the
DEPENDENT, INDEPENDENT,
and CONTROLLE D VARIABLES