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Quantitative Research

1. STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES OF
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Practical Research 2
Kassandra Kay K. De Roxas

2. REVIEW
QUIZ NO.
1

3. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY:
Identifying one’s
strengths and
weaknesses

4. GROUP ACTIVITY:
Classifythefollowingword/groupofwordsifitisstrengthor
weakness of quantitativeresearch:
Precise UsesStatisticalTool Inadequacy ofNum bers
Less than 100%
Accuracy Less prone
to sampling bias
Assumptions in Statistical
Methods Error can be
ComputedQUANTITATIVERESEARCH
Strengths Weaknesses

5. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
StrengthsofQuantitativeResearch
•Precisionofnumbers
•Levelofsignificance(statistical)can
bedetermines–thatresultsarenot
duetochancealone
•Sampleislesspronetosamplingbias
•Errorcanbecomputed,e.g.,
samplingerror
WeaknessesofQuantitativeResearch
•Inadequacyofnumbersfortotalpicture
anddepthofanalysis
•Lessthan100%accuracyinsampling,
instrumentconstructionandadministration
•Assumptionsinstatisticalmethods

6. STRENGTHS OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
1.Itisobjective.Themostreliableandvalidwayofconcluding
results,givingwaytoanewhypothesisortodisprovingit.
Becauseofbiggernumberofthesampleofapopulation,the
resultsorgeneralizationsaremorereliableandvalid.Sinceit
providesnumericaldata,itcan’tbeeasilymisinterpreted.
2.Theuseofstatisticaltechniquesfacilitatessophisticated
analysesandallowsyoutocomprehendahugeamountofvital
characteristicsofdata.
3.Itisrealandunbiased.Iftheresearchisproperlydesignedit
filtersoutexternalfactors,andsocanbeseenasrealand
unbiased.

7. STRENGTHS OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
4.Thenumericaldatacanbeanalyzedinaquickandeasy
way.Byemployingstatisticallyvalidrandommodels,findings
canbegeneralizedtothepopulationaboutwhichinformationis
necessary.
5.Quantitativestudiesarereplicable.Standardizedapproaches
allowthestudytobereplicatedindifferentareasorovertime
withformulationofcomparablefindings.
6.Quantitativeexperimentsareusefulfortestingtheresults
gainedbyaseriesofqualitativeexperiments,leadingtoa
finalanswer,andnarrowingdownofpossibledirectionsto
follow

8. WEAKNESSES OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
1.Quantitativeresearchrequiresalargenumberofrespondents.
Itisassumedthatthelargerthesampleis,themorestatistically
accuratethefindingsare.
2.Itiscostly.Since,therearemorerespondentscomparedto
qualitativeresearch,theexpenseswillbegreaterinreaching
outtothesepeopleandinreproducingquestionnaires.
3.Theinformationiscontextualfactorstohelpinterpretthe
resultsortoexplainvariationsareusuallyignored.Itdoesnot
considerthedistinctcapacityoftherespondentstoshareand
elaboratefurtherinformationunlikethequalitativeresearch.

9. WEAKNESSES OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
4.Muchinformationaredifficulttogatherusingstructured
researchinstruments,specificallyonsensitiveissueslikepre-
maritalsex,domesticviolence,amongothers.
5.Ifnotdoneseriouslyandcorrectly,datafromquestionnaires
maybeincompleteandinaccurate.Researchersmustbeonthe
look-outonrespondentswhoarejustguessinginansweringthe
instrument.

10. ADDRESSING WEAKNESSES
OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
oRigorin doing quantitative research
procedures
oAddition of qualitative analysis using quotes
of subjects (persons from whom data are
collected) to support statistical results

11. THINK-PAIR-SHARE:
Answer the Activity Sheet.

12. When it comes to a person's
personal improvement though, it is
importantfor them to find and
understand their weaknessesas
well, if they wish to grow and
improve to their fullest potential.
Knowingyour weaknessesis as
importantas knowingyour
strengths.

13. JOURNAL 2 (3,2,1)

14. QUIZ
NO. 2

15. ASSIGNMENT
On your notebook,
Think of important problem (at least 3)
which is related to your strand that can be
addressed through Quantitative Research.
No. 2