QUANTITATIVE

RESEARCH
Characteristics, Strengths, and Weaknesses
 Quantitative research
■ This design uses numbers in stating generalizations about
given problem or inquiry in contras to qualitative reasearch
that hardly uses statistical treatment in stating
generalizations.

■ Research finding are subjected to use statistical treatment

to determine the significant relationship differences
between the variables.
Characteristic of Quantitative Research

■ Figures, tables,or graphs showcase summarized

data collected.
Characteristic of Quantitative Research

■ Quantitative research puts emphasis on proof than

discovery.
Characteristic of Quantitative Research

■ Methods or procedures of data gathering

include items like age, gender, educational
status among others, that calls for measurable
characteristics of the population.
Characteristic of Quantitative Research

■ Standardized instruments guide data

collection.
 Strengths of Quantitative Research

■ Quantitative research design is the most

reliable and valid way of concluding results,
giving way to the new hyphothesis or to
disproving it.
 Strenghts of Quantitative Research

■ Applying well-established standards means

that the research can be replicated and then
analysed and compared with similar studies.
 Strenghts of Quantitative Research

■ Personal bias can be avoided by keeping

distance from participatibg subjects and using
accepted computational techniques.
 Weaknesses of Quantitative Research

■ The used variable of a researcher might not

reflect the understanding of local
constituencies
 Weaknesses of Quantitative Research

■ The produced knowledge could be abstract

and general for direct application to specific
local situations, context and individuals.