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Practical
Research 2
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
IMPORTANCE OF
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
ACROSS FIELDS
Subject Area – Grade Level
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 1 – Module 2: Importance of Quantitative Research Across Fields
First Edition, 2020

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Practical
Research 2
QUARTER 1 – MODULE 2:
IMPORTANCE OF
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
ACROSS FIELDS
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Welcome to the Practical Research 2 for Grade 12 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on

Importance of Quantitative Research Across Fields!

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 What I Need to Know

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the Importance of Quantitative Research Across Fields.

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The module is composed of one lesson only:

•Lesson 1 – Importance of Quantitative Research Across Fields

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. read and understand the importance of quantitative research;

2. associate the word quantitative based on its importance;

3. draw a symbol that associates the importance of research; and

4. write a reflection based on the topic discussed.

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 What I Know

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. Which of the following states the importance of research?

A. Demonstrates the abilities of the researcher
B. Is dependent on the completion of other projects
C. Demonstrates the integration of different fields of knowledge
D. Research incorporates a survey-based approach to gain feedback in
relation to a population’s ideas and opinions.

2. Which form of reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a

set of premises?
A. Objective reasoning B. Positivistic reasoning
C. Inductive reasoning D. Deductive reasoning

3. Research that seeks to examine the findings of a study by using the same design
but a different sample is which of the following?
A. An exploratory study B. A replication study
C. An empirical study D. Hypothesis testing

4. A researcher designs an experiment to test how variables interact to influence

job-seeking behaviours. The main purpose of the study was:
A. Description B. Prediction
C. Exploration D. Explanation

5. Cyber bullying at work is a growing threat to employee job satisfaction.

Researchers want to find out why people do this and how they feel about it. The
primary purpose of the study is:
A. Description B. Prediction
C. Exploration D. Explanation

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 Lesson IMPORTANCE OF
2 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
ACROSS FIELDS

What’s In

Directions: Describe/define the given terminologies Write your answers on the

space provided after each word/terminology.

1.strenght:_______________________________________________________________________
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2.quantitative:___________________________________________________________________
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3.research:_______________________________________________________________________
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4.across:_________________________________________________________________________
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5.instrument:____________________________________________________________________
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6.inquiry:________________________________________________________________________
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7.weakness:______________________________________________________________________
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8.data:___________________________________________________________________________
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Notes to the Teacher

Should you have queries on the tasks, always ask or communicate
your subject teacher.

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 What’s New

Directions: Read and comprehend the selection below. After understanding the
selection, write your insights about the selection on the space provided.

Family is the single most important influence in a child's life. From their
first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and
provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child's first relationships. They
are a child's first teachers and act as role models in how to act and how to
experience the world around them. By nurturing and teaching children during
their early years, families play an important role in making sure children are
ready to learn when they enter school. Children thrive when parents are able to
actively promote their positive growth and development. Every parent knows that
it's sometimes difficult to do this important work without help, support, and
additional resources (Cowell, 2017).

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 What is It

Why quantitative research is important?

Basically, quantitative research is important because it is used to

populate statistics from a high-volume sample size to gain statistically valid
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results in customer insight. Hence, quantitative customer research
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incorporates a survey-based approach to gain feedback in relation to a
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population’s ideas and opinions. It’s important to ensure a suitable sample
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size is used to gain accurate and trustworthy results (International
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Research Marketing, Inc., 2018)
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In addition, people do research because there is a must to identify
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the problems of the deteriorating quality of the community as a whole. By
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doing so, they can be addressed systematically and actual decisions are
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assured to be sound. In many cases, innovative teaching strategies, great
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inventions, and empirical interventions for community progress are
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product of researches.
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In the context of senior high school program, quantitative research
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provides benefits in its fields for the senior high school learners.
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In the area of Accounting, Business, and Management (ABM):
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1. Student researchers can design new marketing strategies to improve
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product and services. It can help ensure that the development of product
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is truly anchored to the demand.
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2. ABM researchers can also help a business determine whether it is the
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proper time to open another branch of businesses is. In this way, it may
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also help a small business decide if a procedure or strategy should be
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changed to meet the requirements of the customer base.
3. It determines customers’ preferences, helps establish the most feasible
location, delivers quality goods and services, analyzes what the competitors
are doing, and finds ways on how to continuously satisfy the growing and
varied needs of the clients.
In the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM):
1. Students may conduct researches to obtain significant information
about disease trends and risk factors, and to know results of various health
intervention, patterns of care, and costs of health care and use.
2. It is also needed in evaluating experiences in clinical practice in order to
develop mechanisms for best practices and to ensure high-quality patient
care.
3. For engineers, architects, and other builders, results of quantitative
research can help develop new structural designs, which are fitted to the
current trends, and these can as well contribute to have efficient results in
the field of construction.

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 In the field of Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS):
1. Quantitative research may provide solutions to the social problems directly
felt by the people.
2. Researches in this field deal more on societal behaviors and social issues such
as stress, work ethics, organizational commitment, leadership style, child labor,
teenage pregnancy, human trafficking, to drug addiction and other forms of
criminality.
3. Social Science researches help understand the social interactions that may
lead to the formulation of a new theory and practices that contribute to societal
development and welfare.
In general, quantitative research can help understand and evaluate or
assess the things around us. Thus, it provides explanation and justification for
decisions and actions. Finally, it gives opportunity to discover different means of
identifying problems in the society and providing effective solutions to the
identified problems (Babbie, 2012).

What’s More

Directions: Cite situations where quantitative research helps solve problems in the
different fields (HUMSS, ABM, STEM, and TVL).

FOR HUMSS: FOR ABM:

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FOR STEM: ________________________________
FOR TVL (THINK OVER IT):
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 What I Have Learned

Directions: Based on the given discussions, state the importance of quantitative

research through an acrostic using the word, “QUANTITATIVE.”

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Explanation:_____________________________________________________________________
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A-
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T-
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I-
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V-
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E-

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Criteria:
Content- 5 points

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 What I Can Do

Explanation- 5 points
Total- 10 points each letter
Directions: Draw common symbol that can be found locally to represent the
Importance of quantitative research.

SYMBOL

Explanation:

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Criteria:
Creativity of the symbol - 10 points
Content (importance of research) -10 points

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 Explanation - 5 points

Assessment

Directions: Answer each question in not more than three sentences. Explain your
point through giving examples. Write your answers on the space
provided.

1. Why research is important?

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2. In what way you can contribute improvement to your community via research?
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3. Why is quantitative research helpful for senior high school?

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4. Amid the pandemic crisis, how does research help to maintain preventive
measures?

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 Additional Activities

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Criteria:
Idea/content- 10 points
Mechanics of Writing-5points
Total- 15 points each item

Directions: Define the following terms. Write your answers on the space provided.

1. Variable-________________________________________________________________
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2. Independent variable-___________________________________________________
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3. Dependent variable-_____________________________________________________
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4. Extraneous variable-_____________________________________________________
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5. Confounding variable-___________________________________________________
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6. Intervening variable-_____________________________________________________
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Assessment What I Know What’s New
1. D
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. C
Answer Key
References

Cowell, A. (2017). Importance of family in a society. Retrieved May 25, 2018

from Explorable.com: https://explorable.com/true-experimental-
design

Babbie, E. (2012). The practice of social research. 12th ed. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Cengage.

International Research Market, Inc. (2008). Importance of quantitative research.

Retrieved from www.internationalresearchmarket.com

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