Chapter III

Structure

Research Approaches

Quantitative

Numbers

Qualitative

non-numerical data

Types of research

Bibliographic research

Observational research, methodological alternative in conducting research work.

Descriptive Research

Describe a population.

Explanatory Research

Explores why something occurs when limited information is available.

Exploratory Research

Explore new areas of interest.

Purposeful Research

Chooses a specific group of people or elements for examination.

population

The whole community

Sample

Specific group of the population.

Data collection Methods and techniques.

Analysis

Examine and understand.

Synthesis

Observe, evalute and interpretate.

Deductive

General premises and then drawing a specific conclusion.

Inductive

Specific observations to make a general conclusion.

Methodology

Introduction

Purpuse, Methodology, variables, proposal.

Research Instruments

Interview

involves asking a series of questions to gather information. But interviews are normally one-on-one verbal conversations, with one interviewer speaking to one interviewee at a time.

Online

Phone

Person

Survey

Process of asking a group of people a series of questions to gather information and draw conclusions.

Face-to-face

Paper

Phone

Online

Analysis and interpretation of results

Questions by questions

Tables

Organizes data in columns and rows, making it simple to reference exact values.

Pie graphics

Visual symbols like bars, lines, or pie slices to represent data.