Kinds of

Quantitative
Research
Designs
 RESEARCH DESIGN
• Refers to the overall strategy that you
choose in order to integrate the different
components of the study in a coherent
and logical way ensuring you will
effectively address the research problem.
• It is the “BLUEPRINT” for the selection,
measurement and analysis of data.
• Determined by research problem
 QUANTITATIVE METHOD

Polls
1. OBJECTIVE
Questionnaires
MEASUREMENTS
2. STATISTICAL Surveys
ANALYSIS OF Pre-Existing
DATA Data
 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN

DESCRIPTIVE

CORRELATIONAL

EVALUATION

SURVEY

CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE

EXPERIMENTAL
 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN

DESCRIPTIVE 1. Describes nature,

characteristics and components
CORRELATIONAL of the population or a
phenomenon.
2. No manipulation of variables
EVALUATION or search for cause and effect
related to the phenomenon.
SURVEY 3. Finds general attributes of
the presently existing situation
and determine frequency with
CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE which it occurs.

EXPERIMENTAL
 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN

DESCRIPTIVE
1. Systematic investigation of
CORRELATIONAL the nature of relationships, or
associations between and
among variables without
EVALUATION necessarily investigating its
casual reasons.
SURVEY 2. Concerned with the extent of
relationships that exists
between or among variables.
CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE

EXPERIMENTAL
 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN

DESCRIPTIVE

CORRELATIONAL
1. Aims to assess the effects,
EVALUATION impacts, or outcomes of
practices, policies or programs.
SURVEY

CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE

EXPERIMENTAL
 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN

DESCRIPTIVE 1. Used to gather information

from groups of people by
selecting and studying samples
CORRELATIONAL chosen from a population.
2. Done in various ways like face-
EVALUATION to-face, phone, email, and
online.
3. Cross-sectional if the
SURVEY information is collected from a
sample in just single point in
CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE time.
4. Longitudinal if the researcher
collects information on the same
EXPERIMENTAL subject over a period of time.
 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN

DESCRIPTIVE

CORRELATIONAL
1. Also known as ex post facto
EVALUATION (after the fact).
2. Derives conclusion from
SURVEY observation and manifestations
that already occurred in the past
and now compared to some
CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE dependent variable.
3. Discusses WHY and HOW
phenomenon occurs.
EXPERIMENTAL
 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN

DESCRIPTIVE
1. Utilizes scientific method to
CORRELATIONAL test cause-and-effect
relationships under conditions
controlled by the researcher.
EVALUATION 2. An effort is made to
determine and impose control
SURVEY over all other variables except
one.
3. An independent variable is
CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE manipulated to determine the
effects on the dependent
EXPERIMENTAL variable.
 DLP Activity #2
I - Make a table and using your own words, give at least 6 Strengths and
Weaknesses of Quantitative Research.

II – Answer each questions.

1. What does quantitative research allow a researcher to comprehend?
2. In what way numerical data are analysed in quantitative research?
3. In terms of the number of respondents, what does quantitative
research requires? And why do you think it requires that amount of
sampling?
4. What kind of quantitative research is concerned with describing the
nature, characteristics and components of the population or
phenomena?
5. How do you call this quantitative research that investigates the nature
of relationships or associations between and among variables without
necessarily looking into casual reasons underlying them?