What I Know: Practical Research 1
What I Know: Practical Research 1
What I Know: Practical Research 1
What I Know
Read and analyze the following characteristics of research method carefully. Classify
whether it is for QUANTITATIVE or QUALITATIVE.
__________ 1. Aims to characterize trends and patterns
__________ 2. Applies more flexible processes
__________ 3. Gains greater understanding of group similarities
__________ 4. Follows structured processes
__________ 5. Employs structured research instruments
__________ 6. Chooses small sample sizes purposely
__________ 7. Focuses on greater understanding of individual differences
__________ 8. Administers either unstructured or semi-structured instruments
__________ 9. Provides deeper context and meaning
__________ 10. Starts with neither a theory nor hypothesis
What’s In
Create different interesting questions that you wonder about. Start with the following
interrogative pronouns.
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2. What
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3. When
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4. Where
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5. Why
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6. How
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What’s More
Pick at least three questions from what you have listed in the activity What’s In. Consider
those that you think may present a problem in your area of interest or field of
specialization. Describe how you will conduct qualitative research about those problems.
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What I Can Do
Compare and contrast the two broad categories of research by using the Venn diagram
below. Write the distinctive characteristics of quantitative research in the left circle and
qualitative research in the right circle.
QUANTITATIVE QUALITATIVE
Research
Methods
ASSESSMENT
Read and analyze the following concepts. Then, categorize them into what type of research
method they belong to. Use the given table below.
❖ The researcher is an objective observer.
❖ There is one concrete reality being governed by unchanging natural laws that can explain
any given phenomenon.
❖ The researcher is part of the context and intrinsically linked to the findings.
❖ Concerns of bias are not part of research because the researcher is transparent.
❖ There is one true reality regardless of context.
❖ A phenomenon can be understood by studying its component parts.
❖ Conditions must be carefully controlled to prevent unwanted influences.
❖ Reality is context-specific.
❖ A phenomenon can be understood only when studied as a whole.
❖ Reality is socially and experientially constructed – resulting in multiple realities of a
phenomenon.