DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH

Generally concerned with

investigating, measuring, and
describing one or more aspects
or characteristics of one or more
groups, communities, or
phenomenon.
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
 It is useful in answering research
questions that deals with
measurements, like:
 How many…?
 How much…?
 How often…?
 How long…?
 And similar questions.
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
 Ex:
 Principal is interested in
understanding the study habits of
students in the different grade levels
and sections within the school. He
might ask the homeroom teachers to
survey the parents of their pupils on
how the pupils spend their time in a
typical week.
Another Example (DA)
Sir Dhenz was interested in
understanding the reason why
students are not good in
creating topic for research.
He conduct survey on how the
students analyse a particular
problem.
CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH
Studies the relationship
between two or more
characteristics of one or more
groups.
It can verify or disprove a
systematic relationship between
two characteristics or variables.
CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH
Ex.
Principal is interested to know
whether the time spent by
pupils playing computer games
affects their grades.
CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH
 The principal can perform a simple
statistical test to determine
whether there is a significant
relationship between the number
of hours spent by pupils playing
computer games and the quarterly
grades of students in different
subject.
Another Example (DA)
Sir Dhenz was interested in
looking if the students house
behaviour affects on their
behaviour on class.
He conduct a simple statistical
test whether there is significant
relationship between the two.
CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH
Research compares one or more
measurable characteristics of
two or more groups to find the
similarities and the differences
between them.
CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH
The result of a comparison can
be used to generate insights
about the characteristics of both
groups.
It can be used to determine the
possible underlying causes of
these similarities or differences.
CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH
Ex:
Principal might want to know
why students from two sections
that have the same teachers at
the same grade level in the same
school perform differently.
Another Example (DA)
 Sir Dhenz was interested to know
whether the two sections with the
same teacher in math but the first
was from AC classroom and the
next one was from non-AC
classroom performs the same or
differently.
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
 Social science experimental
researches attempt to approximate
methods used in the natural
sciences in social settings.
 Researchers conducting
experimental research actively
manipulate the outcomes
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Experimental research,
however, is subject to more
extensive ethical standards,
especially when the experiment
may cause physical, mental,
psychological, or environmental