Quantitative Research Designs

Manipulating conditions
Studying Correla Experi and studying effects
relationships tional mental

on-experimental
research

Descrip
Describing tive
characteristics
Quantitative Research Designs
Descriptive
TYPES
Research
This design aims to
Observational Survey
Survey research
research
describe systematically methods Case Studies designs
designs involves
the facts and are used to Involves an in- administering a
document and depth study of an
characteristics of a describe animal and individual or a
survey to a sample
or the entire
given population or human behavior in small group of population of people
area of interest, a natural or individuals to describe the
artificial attitudes, opinions,
factually and environment. behaviors, or
accurately characteristics of the
population
 Survey research TYPES
designs

Cross-sectional survey is used Longitudinal survey designs

Use it when… when the researcher collects data involves the survey procedure
• Describing trends at one point in time. The purpose of collecting data about trends
• Determining is to examines current attitudes, with the same population,
individual opinions beliefs, opinions, or practices changes in a cohort group or
about policy issues subpopulation, or changes in a
• Identifying Compare two or more groups in panel group of the same
important beliefs terms of attitudes, beliefs, individuals over time.
and attitudes of opinions, or practices.
individuals
Evaluates a program.
 Examples of Research Questions for
Descriptive Research

What are the sleeping

habits of SHS students in What do teenagers
DLSAU? consider when buying a
new phone? What is the level of
What factors affected the marketability of
SHS track choice of SHS What are the most personalized phone cases
students? common stressors that on DLSAU students?
affect professors?
Quantitative Research Designs
Correlational TYPES
Research
Explanatory research Prediction research
design determines the design seeks to identify
aims to describe and extent to which two variables that will
measure the degree variables (or more) co-vary. predict an outcome or
of association criterion.
Co-vary means to predict a
between two or score on one variable with Variables can be the
more variables or knowledge about the predictor variable or the
sets of scores. individual’s score on criterion variable.
another variable.
 Examples of Research Questions for
Correlational Research

Does wearing school

uniform have any
relationship with students’ Does mathematical Is there a relationship
ability to participate in competence have any between a student’s
class? relationship with a attitude towards research
person’s willingness to do and his/her real world
Is there a relationship business? problem solving skills?
between phone brand and
Facebook usage among
teens?
Quantitative Research Designs
Experimental
Research Variables that cause change
in the subject.
Independent
An experiment tests an variable
idea to determine whether
it influences an outcome.
Used when the researcher
wants to establish possible Dependent
cause and effect between variable Variables that bear or
variables. manifest the effects caused
by the independent
variable.
 Experimental Research TYPES
Designs

In true experiments, the Quasi-experiments include

researcher randomly assigns assignment, but not random
participants to different assignment of participants to
conditions of the experimental groups.
variable.
EG: O1 x O2
EG: R O1 x O2 CG: O1 x O2
Experimental group
CG: R O1 x O2
(treatment group)
post-test
pretest
Control group treatment
(non-treatment
group) Randomization
(assigning individuals
randomly to groups)
 Examples of Research Questions for
Experimental Research

Does the use of audio-

visuals in class have any
effect on students’ Does a meme-based ad on
memory? social media improve a
product’s name recall as
Does playing indie pop compared to an ordinary
music improve students’ ad?
ability to solve Math Can peer counseling
problems while in class? improve a person’s school
anxiety?
ACTIVITY ONE • Internet availability at home and student’s
Determine the average sleeping time at night
• Social media involvement and practices of
design Grade 12 HUMSS students
• The effect of the use of <a local packaging
material> on the shelf life of a product.
• The marketability of <innovative product> to
SHS students.
• Children of single parents and their level of
Math anxiety.
ACTIVITY TWO As a group, decide on a topic of interest for your
research.
For the next 10 minutes, come up with at least three
Quest for Questions research questions, one for each quantitative research
design based on that topic and relevant to your SHS
track.
Present your group’s ideas to the rest of the class by
sharing why your group thinks the question is interesting
and how you see the group doing it.

Be creative. No idea is crazy.

The more innovative the idea, the better.