PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

QUALITIES OF A RESEARCHER
R. Research Oriented
E. Efficient

S. Scientific
E. Effective
A. Active
R. Resourceful
C. Creative
H. Honest
E. Economical

R. Religious
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“High Quality” science requires
ethical practice
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 01. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

02. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
seeks to answer questions about why
and how people behave in the way that
they do. It provides in-depth
information about human behaviour.
 Sources of Qualitative Data
Although qualitative data is much more general than
quantitative, there are still a number of common techniques for
gathering it. These include:

• Interviews, which may be structured, semi-structured or unstructured;

• Focus groups, which involve multiple participants discussing an issue;

• ‘Postcards’, or small-scale written questionnaires that ask, for example, three or

four focused questions of participants but allow them space to write in their
own words;

• Secondary data, including diaries, written accounts of past events, library

research and company reports; and

• Observations, which may be on site, or under ‘laboratory conditions’, for

example, where participants are asked to role-play a situation to show what
 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
“explaining phenomena by collecting
numerical data that are analysed
using mathematically based
methods (in particular statistics).”.
 Sources of Quantitative Data
The most common sources of quantitative data include:

• Surveys, whether conducted online, by phone or in person. These

rely on the same questions being asked in the same way to a large
number of people;

• Observations, which may either involve counting the number of

times that a particular phenomenon occurs, such as how often a
particular word is used in interviews, or coding observational data to
translate it into numbers; and

• Secondary data, such as company accounts.

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Module 1-Research 1.docx
Technical Format

1. Arial-12
2. Double space
3. 1.25x1x1x1 margin
4. APA 2019 format
Sample Titles (GAS/HUMSS)

1. Does Gaming interfere with GPA

2. Sleep Deprivation in High School
Students
3. Teenage Pregnancy Increase
Sample Titles (GAS/HUMSS)

4. How Social Groups Impact SHS

Students Mental Health
5. Superstitious Beliefs Impact on
Technological Education of Students
Sample Titles (ABM)

1. Strategic Management of Online

Sellers in ____________
2. SWOT Analysis
3. Working Reality of SHS Students
Sample Titles (STEM)

1. Comparative Study on Sugar

Contents of Different Soda Brands
2. Natural Antibiotics
3. Recycling ATM
Identify what kind of Quantitative Research
the topics belong:

1. Impact of SEO (Search engine optimization) to SHS academic

performance .
2. What is the link between educational achievement and
economic status?
3. The factors that are responsible for animal behaviour.
4. Relationship of trend, perceptions, and beliefs of young
entrepreneurs to their success.
5. Role of computer technology towards airport security.
6. Parental involvement and academic achievement.
7. The relationship between eyewitness testimony and
memory.
8. The effect of video game playing on academic
motivation of students at a community college.
9. Cyberbullying in high schools impact to Teamplay.
10. The vulnerability level of students to fake news in
SNS.