PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2 [WEEK 1 – TO BE SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2021]
Module 1 QUARTER 1: NATURE OF INQUIRY AND RESEARCH
LESSON 1: Kinds of Quantitative Research, Characteristics, Strength and Weaknesses [ONE WEEK ACTIVITY]
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_______1. Which of the following best defines quantitative research?
a. It is an explanation associated with libraries, books, and journals.
b. It is a systematic process obtaining numerical information about the world.
c. It is an activity concerned with finding new truth in education
d. It is an activity of producing or proving a theorem
_______2. It uses numbers in stating a generalization about a given problem or inquiry.
a. Quantitative research
b. Applied research
c. Qualitative research
d. Basic research
_______3. People inclined to do quantitative research wants to discover the truth in _______
a. an exact manner
b. a careful way
c. an indirect way
d. a personal way
_______4. One of these is NOT a strength of quantitative research.
a. Real and unbiased
b. Analyzed in a quick and easy way
c. Requires a large number of respondents
d. Replicability
_______5. It describes the characteristics of research where data are in the form of statistics.
a. Replication
b. Large sample size
c. Objective
d. Numerical data
_______6. Which of the following variables is most likely to be used as a categorical variable?
a. Length of a garden hose
b. Flower color
c. Recorded rainfall for a day
d. Weight of books on a shelf
_______7. In the acronym SMART, what does R stands for?
a. Reliability
b. Reasonability
c. Realistic
d. Rigor
_______8. Which of the following variables is most likely to be used as quantitative data?
a. Zipcode
b. Country of birth
c. Google Drive capacity
d. Car manufacturer
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What are the main types of qualitative approaches to research?
While there are many different investigations that can be done, a study with a qualitative approach generally can be described with the characteristics of one of the following three types:
Historical research describes past events, problems, issues and facts. Data are gathered from written or oral descriptions of past events, artifacts, etc. It describes “what was” in an attempt to recreate the past. It is different from a report in that it involves interpretation of events and its influence on the present. It answers the question: “What was the situation?”
Examples of Historical Research:
- A study of the factors leading to the historical development and growth of cooperative learning
- A study of the effects of the historical decisions of the United States Supreme Court on American prisons
- A study of the evolution of print journalism in the United States through a study of collections of newspapers
- A study of the historical trends in public laws by looking recorded at a local courthouse
Ethnographic research develops in-depth analytical descriptions of current systems, processes, and phenomena and/or understandings of the shared beliefs and practices of a particular group or culture. This type of design collects extensive narrative data [non-numerical data] based on many variables over an extended period of time in a natural setting within a specific context. The background, development, current conditions, and environmental interaction of one or more individuals, groups, communities, businesses or institutions is observed, recorded, and analyzed for patterns in relation to internal and external influences. It is a complete description of present phenomena.
One specific form of ethnographic research is called a case study. It is a detailed examination of a single group, individual, situation, or site.
A meta-analysis is another specific form. It is a statistical method which accumulates experimental and correlational results across independent studies. It is an analysis of analyses.
Examples of Ethnographic Research:
- A case study of parental involvement at a specific magnet school
- A multi-case study of children of drug addicts who excel despite early childhoods in poor environments
- The study of the nature of problems teachers encounter when they begin to use a constructivist approach to instruction after having taught using a very traditional approach for ten years
- A psychological case study with extensive notes based on observations of and interviews with immigrant workers
- A study of primate behavior in the wild measuring the amount of time an animal engaged in a specific behavior
Narrative research focuses on studying a single person and gathering data through the collection of stories that are used to construct a narrative about the individual’s experience and the meanings he/she attributes to them.
Examples of Narrative Research:
- A study of the experiences of an autistic student who has moved from a self-contained program to an inclusion setting
- A study of the experiences of a high school track star who has been moved on to a championship-winning university track team