RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

NATURE AND INQUIRY OF RESEARCH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the main purpose of a quantitative research?
A
Generalization of the results by measuring the views and responses of a sample population.
B
Provide insights into the setting of a problem, generating ideas and/or hypothesis.
C
To establish an understanding of the underlying reasons and motivations of actions
D
Measure the incidence of various views of in a chosen population.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The purpose of quantitative research is to attain greater knowledge and understanding of the social world. Researchers use quantitative methods to observe situations or events that affect people. Quantitative research produces objective data that can be clearly communicated through statistics and numbers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Generalization, which is an act of reasoning that involves drawing broad inferences from particular observations, is widely-acknowledged as a quality standard in quantitative research, but is more controversial in qualitative research.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because sound generalizability requires data on large populations, quantitative research–experimental for instance–provides the best foundation for producing broad generalizability. The larger the sample population, the more one can generalize the results.

Detailed explanation-4: -Quantitative Research is considered to have as its main purpose the quantification of data. This allows generalizations of results from a sample to an entire population of interest and the measurement of the incidence of various views and opinions in a given sample.

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