Collecting Data
Collecting Data
RESEARCH
DESIGNS
RESEARCH DESIGN
Part and parcel of your study
By means of research design, you are able
to make these aspects of your research
clear: your methods or techniques in
finding answers to your research questions
and in collecting data.
Focuses on numbers, statistics, and
relationships between variables
Types of Quantitative Research
Designs
Experimental Research Design
1. Definition
Quantitative research design that bases its
research method on a scientific activity called
experiment.
This design involves two groups of subjects: the
experimental group on which the condition,
treatment, or intervention is applied and the
control group that is not given any treatment or
condition.
Experimental Research Design
2. Types
a. True Experimental Design
What proves this is a true experimental
design is its random selection of
participants.
It is a bias-free selection that ensures
objectivity of results. This design is the best
way to examine causal relationships.
Experimental Research Design
2. Types
b. Quasi- experimental Design
Quasi means partly, partially, pseudo, or
almost.
This design is incapable of establishing
cause-effect relationships.
Types of Quasi-experimental
Design
A. Matched comparison group design
Instead of selecting participants for the
control group, you get a set of participants
that shows close similarities with the
experimental or treatment group based on
one or more important variables.
B. Time-series-quasi-experimental design