Project MIMs

Grade 12 – Practical Research 2

G12 MIMs LC 14 & 19

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN

Learning Competencies:
• choose appropriate quantitative research design
• presents written research methodology

Objectives:
• choose and write the appropriate quantitative research design of a research study
• present the research methodology of a research study

REMEMBER:

RESEARCH DESIGN

Research design is the framework of research methods and techniques chosen by a

researcher. The design allows researchers to hone research methods that are suitable for
the subject matter and set up their studies up for success.

An impactful research design usually creates a minimum bias in data and increases
trust in the accuracy of collected data. A design that produces the least margin of error in
experimental research is generally considered the desired outcome. The essential elements
of the research design are:

• Accurate purpose statement

• Techniques to be implemented for collecting and analyzing research
• The method applied for analyzing collected details
• Type of research methodology
• Probable objections for research
• Settings for the research study
• Timeline
• Measurement of analysis

Proper research design sets your study up for success. Successful research studies
provide insights that are accurate and unbiased. You will need to create a survey that meets
all of the main characteristics of a design. There are four key characteristics of research
design:

Neutrality: When you set up your study, you may have to make assumptions about the data
you expect to collect. The results projected in the research design should be free from bias
and neutral. Understand opinions about the final evaluated scores and conclusion from
multiple individuals and consider those who agree with the derived results.

Reliability: With regularly conducted research, the researcher involved expects similar
results every time. Your design should indicate how to form research questions to ensure
the standard of results. You will only be able to reach the expected results if your design is
reliable.

Validity: There are multiple measuring tools available. However, the only correct measuring
tools are those which help a researcher in gauging results according to the objective of the
research. The questionnaire developed from this design will then be valid.

Generalization: The outcome of your design should apply to a population and not just a
restricted sample. A generalized design implies that your survey can be conducted on any
part of a population with similar accuracy.
 The above factors affect the way respondents answer the research questions and so
all the above characteristics should be balanced in a good design.

ENLIGHTEN:

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS

GENERAL STRUCTURE AND WRITING STYLES

The function of a research design is to ensure that the evidence obtained enables
you to effectively address the research problem logically and as unambiguously as possible.
Obtaining information relevant to the research problem generally entails specifying the type
of evidence needed to test a theory, to evaluate a program, or to accurately describe and
assess meaning related to an observable phenomenon.

With this in mind, a common mistake made by researchers is that they begin their
investigations far too early, before they have thought critically about what information is
required to address the research problem. Without attending to these design issues
beforehand, the overall research problem will not be adequately addressed and any
conclusions drawn will run the risk of being weak and unconvincing. As a consequence, the
overall validity of the study will be undermined.

The length and complexity of describing research designs in your paper can vary
considerably, but any well-developed description will achieve the following:

1. Identify the research problem clearly and justify its selection, particularly in relation
to any valid alternative designs that could have been used,

2. Review and synthesize previously published literature associated with the research
problem,

3. Clearly and explicitly specify hypotheses [i.e., research questions] central to the
problem,
4. Effectively describe the information and/or data which will be necessary for an
adequate testing of the hypotheses and explain how such information and/or data
will be obtained, and

5. Describe the methods of analysis to be applied to the data in determining whether or

not the hypotheses are true or false.

LET’S TRY:

Instructions: Write your comprehensive learning about the following.

1. What are the processes to be considered in writing the research design of a

study?
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 REINFORCEMENT:

Instructions: Based on your approved research topic and title, write the research design of
your study as part of the final requirement in Practical Research 2 by
considering the learning that you have in this module. Use the format below.

Research Design
 Challenge!

Find five (5) different quantitative research and read the research design. Critique
the research design based on the learning you gained using this module. Follow the
format below.

1. Research Title:

Remarks on the Research Design

2. Research Title:

Remarks on the Research Design

3. Research Title:

Remarks on the Research Design

4. Research Title:

Remarks on the Research Design

5. Research Title:

Remarks on the Research Design

Prepared by:

MR. JESTER G. DE LEON

Master Teacher I, MNHS – SHS