Outline
Outline
What is Quantitative Research?
·In a nutshell,quantitative research generates numerical data or information that can be converted into numbers.
• Only measurable data are being gathered and analyzed in quantitative research.
Quantitative Research is an inquiry into an identified problem, based on testing a theory measured with numbers, and analyzed using Statistical Techniques.
Quantitative Research is"Explaining g Phenomena by Collecting numerical data that are analyzed using mathematically based on methods (in particular statistics)". Aliaga and Gunderson.
• Goal or Aim of the Research:
• Goal or Aim of the Research:
- The primary aim of a Quantitative Research is to focus more in counting and classifying features and constructing statistical models and figures to explain what is observed.
Quantitative Research is highly recommended for the late phase of research because it provides the researcher a clear picture of what to expect in his research compared to Qualitative Research.