RESEARCH

RE SEARCH
WHAT IS RESEARCH?
 RESEARCHIS A SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
OF PHENOMENA WHICH INCLUDES THE
COLLECTION, PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS
AND INTERPRETATION OF FACTS, THAT
LINKS MAN’S SPECULATION WITH REALITY.
 The main or principal purpose and goal of
research is “the preservation and
improvement of the quality of human life”.

 “The purpose of research is to serve man,”

All kinds of research are directed towards
this end.

 “The goal of research is for the men to have

a good life.”

(Good and Scates)

 The Research Processes
• Make students realize the nature of research, you may
present the research process diagram that include the
following research processes.

Select the
Selecting the Review the literature
specific research
general problem of the problem
problem
Interpret the
Analyze and present
Collect data findings and
or display data
state conclusions
DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN
QUALITATIVE AND
QUANTITATIVE
RESEARCH
Quantitative research seeks to understand the
causal or correlation relationship between
variables through testing hypothesis,
whereas Qualitative research seeks to
understand a phenomenon within a real world
context through the use of interviews and
observations.
 PURPOSE

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
TO UNDERSTAND TO TEST
AND INTERPRET HYPOTHESIS, LOOK
SOCIAL AT CAUSE AND
INTERACTIONS EFFECT AND MAKE
PREDICTIONS
 GROUP STUDIED

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
SMALLER AND LARGER AND
NOT RANDOMLY RANDOMLY
SELECTED SELECTED
 VARIABLES

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
STUDY OF THE SPECIFIC
WHOLE, NOT VARIABLES
VARIABLES STUDIED
 TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
WORDS NUMBERS
IMAGES STATISTICS
OBJECTS
 FORM OF DATA COLLECTED

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
 QUALITATIVEDATA  QUANTITATIVEDATA BASED ON
SUCH AS OPEN ENDED PRECISE MEASUREMENT USING
RESPONSES, STRUCTURED AND VALIDATED
INTERVIEWS, DATA COLLECTION
PARTICIPANT INSTRUMENTS.
OBSERVATIONS, FIELD
NOTES AND
INTERVIEWS.
 TYPES OF DATA ANALYSIS

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
IDENTIFY IDENTIFY
PATTERNS, STATISTICAL
FEATURES, AND RELATIONSHIPS
THEMES
 OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
SUBJECTIVITY IS OBJECTIVITY IS
EXPECTED CRITICAL
 ROLE OF RESEARCHERS

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
 RESEARCHERS AND  RESEARCHERS AND THEIR
THEIR BIASES MAY BE BIASES ARE NOT KNOWN
KNOWN TO TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE
PARTICIPANTS IN THE STUDY, AND PARTICIPANTS
STUDY, AND CHARACTERISTICS ARE
PARTICIPANT DELIBERATELY HIDDEN
CHARACTERISTICS MAY FROM THE RESEARCHERS
BE KNOWN TO THE (DOUBLE HIDDEN).
RESEARCHERS.
 RESULTS

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
PARTICULAR OR GENERALIZABLE
SPECIALIZED FINDINGS THAT
FINDINGS THAT CAN BE APPLIED
IS LESS TO OTHER
GENERALIZABLE POPULATIONS
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
 EXPLORATORY: THE  THE RESEARCHERS
RESEARCHERS TEST HYPOTHESIS
GENERATES A NEW AND THEORY WITH
HYPOTHESIS AND
THEORY FROM THE
THE DATA.
DATA COLLECTED
 VIEW OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
 DYNAMIC  REGULAR
 SITUATIONAL  PREDICTABLE
 SOCIAL
 PERSONAL
 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
 EXPLORE  DESCRIBE
 DISCOVER  EXPLAIN
 CONSTRUCT  PREDICT
 FOCUS
QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
 WIDE ANGLE LENS  NARROW ANGLE LENS
 -EXAMINES THE BREADTH  -TESTS SPECIFIC
AND DEPTH OF HYPOTHESIS
PHENOMENA
NATURE OF OBSERVATION

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
 STUDYBEHAVIOR IN  STUDY BEHAVIOR IN
NATURAL CONTROLLED
ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS, ISOLATE
CAUSAL EFFECTS
NATURE OF REALITY

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
 MULTIPLE REALITIES  SINGLE REALITY
 SUBJECTIVE  OBJECTIVE
FINAL REPORT
QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
 Narrative report with  Statistical report with
contextual description correlations,
and direct quotations comparisons of means,
from research and statistical
participants significance of findings
1. DISCUSS
ASSESSMENT
BRIEFLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN QUALITATIVE AND
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH?
2. BASEDON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TWO
CATEGORIES OF RESEARCH, DETERMINE WHETHER THE MOST
APPLICABLE RESEARCH DESIGN IS QUALITATIVE OR
QUANTITATIVE. EXPLAIN YOUR CHOICE.
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