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What is Quantitative Research

Chapter 1
The Role of Child Life Specialists in Community Settings
An investigation aimed at discovering new truths about reality, testing hypotheses against theories, and measuring relationships between variables.
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Research
Sarah Daniels (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA) and Shawn Brasher (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5097-0.ch001
Abstract
Although the value of research has long since been acknowledged in the child life profession, limited resources exist that prescribe concrete steps for child life leaders to take which promote research in daily work efforts. Whether working on research part-time or full-time, it is important that child life specialists take on research activities as part of their job responsibilities. With options to work fully remote or to have boots on the ground, the impact of a child life research specialist reaches patients and families; professionals and students; the academic, psychosocial, and biomedical scholarly communities; and beyond. Throughout this chapter, readers will obtain justification and inspiration for the proposal of this unique position into their own programs. Further, this chapter will offer concrete tools and suggestions for implementing this role successfully.
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Chapter 15
Challenges of a Case Study
A systematic and empirical investigation applied in research methods via computational, mathematical and statistical analysis.
Published in Chapter: Challenges of a Case Study; From: Case Study Methodology in Higher Education
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Chapter 13
A Methodological Literature Review on the Internationalisation of Higher Education
The collection and analysis of numerical data such as the frequency of participants doing things, or the extent to which an activity occurs, or the relationship between variables. The results can be presented in percentages in pie charts, line graphs, or numerical tables. This involves using surveys or questionnaires to collect data.
Published in Chapter: A Methodological Literature Review on the Internationalisation of Higher Education; From: Global Perspectives on Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education Institutions
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Chapter 7
Research Design and Methods in Social Sciences Research
Quantitative research focuses on numerical objective data obtained through statistics of quantity of responses gathered from large sample sizes.
Published in Chapter: Research Design and Methods in Social Sciences Research; From: Social Research Methodology and Publishing Results: A Guide to Non-Native English Speakers
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Chapter 16
Conducting Programmatic Research in Agriculture Teacher Education
A research approach that uses numerical data to test theories, study relationships between or among variables, and numerically describe or quantify characteristics.
Published in Chapter: Conducting Programmatic Research in Agriculture Teacher Education; From: Preparing Agriculture and Agriscience Educators for the Classroom
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Chapter 20
Teacher Research as a Form of Critical Praxis: A Path to Professional Development
A type of research which attempts to test hypotheses and examine the relationship among variables through numerical data.
Published in Chapter: Teacher Research as a Form of Critical Praxis: A Path to Professional Development; From: TESOL Guide for Critical Praxis in Teaching, Inquiry, and Advocacy
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Chapter 3
Bringing the Metaverse to Higher Education: Engaging University Students in Virtual Worlds
A form of research that involves the collection and analysis of numerical data, such as time, errors, ratings on scales, etc.
Published in Chapter: Bringing the Metaverse to Higher Education: Engaging University Students in Virtual Worlds; From: Methodologies and Use Cases on Extended Reality for Training and Education
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Chapter 23
Integration in Mixed Methods Research Designs by Graduate Students at the University of Science and Technology
Is an investigation where the researcher relies on measurement and highly structured observation to discover cause-effect relationship between phenomena.
Published in Chapter: Integration in Mixed Methods Research Designs by Graduate Students at the University of Science and Technology; From: Handbook of Research on Connecting Research Methods for Information Science Research
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Chapter 10
Learner Perception of Using Case Study Method as a Teaching Method in Higher Education
It is a structured methodological approach focused on quantifying the problem and finding out how frequent the results are in order to project these results to a larger population. The techniques used to collect quantitative data are mainly questionnaires.
Published in Chapter: Learner Perception of Using Case Study Method as a Teaching Method in Higher Education; From: Case Study Methodology in Higher Education
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Chapter 9
The Role of Research in Applied Linguistics
In general, this involves quantifying large quantities of numbers to generalize patterns, trends and relationships. Quantitative research is usually based on the application of various statistical techniques to confirm or disapprove certain hypotheses and derive conclusions from it.
Published in Chapter: The Role of Research in Applied Linguistics; From: Exploring Contemporary English Language Education Practices
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Chapter 12
Thinking Outside the Boxes: Communication, Mixed Method, and Convergence
A study can be conducted that presents facts and events in an observable, measurable and quantifiable way.
Published in Chapter: Thinking Outside the Boxes: Communication, Mixed Method, and Convergence; From: Handbook of Research on the Political Economy of Communications and Media
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Chapter 25
Defining Technology Challenges to Growth of an International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO): A Case Study
sometimes referred to as positivistic, this type of inquiry uses a numerical approach to understand property, goods, and services in society through the use of statistics, such as student test performance.
Published in Chapter: Defining Technology Challenges to Growth of an International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO): A Case Study; From: Encyclopedia of E-Leadership, Counseling and Training
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Chapter 2
Assessing the Impact of a Digital Ecosystem to Learn English Pronunciation
It is a structured and rigour methodological approach focused on quantifying the problem and finding out how frequent the results are in order to project these results to a larger population. The techniques used to collect quantitative data are mainly questionnaires.
Published in Chapter: Assessing the Impact of a Digital Ecosystem to Learn English Pronunciation; From: ICT-Based Assessment, Methods, and Programs in Tertiary Education
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Chapter 3
The Case for Qualitative Research Into Language Learning in Virtual Worlds
Research that attempts to measure phenomena and that will generally include large data sets so that any statistical information that is produced can be considered predictive of phenomena in identical contexts.
Published in Chapter: The Case for Qualitative Research Into Language Learning in Virtual Worlds; From: New Technological Applications for Foreign and Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Chapter 13
The Simple Guide to Understanding Quantitative Methods of Inquiry
The use of numbers and values to represent data and the analysis of that data to determine results.
Published in Chapter: The Simple Guide to Understanding Quantitative Methods of Inquiry; From: Conceptual Analyses of Curriculum Inquiry Methodologies
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Chapter 19
Consumerism, Market Analysis and Impact on Business Plan Definition
Is used to measure phenomena, i.e. to describe the behaviours and attitudes of the public according to a numerical dimension. The objective is to produce numeric information by using highly structured and standardized measuring instruments. Therefore the quantitative research includes all those methodologies that make use of a sufficient number of samples that allow to extend the results of the research to the universe of reference, by means of a statistical measurements
Published in Chapter: Consumerism, Market Analysis and Impact on Business Plan Definition; From: Handbook of Research on Consumerism in Business and Marketing: Concepts and Practices
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Chapter 24
Method Development for Assessing a Diversity Goal
An investigational paradigm involving efforts to operationally define relevant variables, to control the influence of extraneous variables, and to quantify results through the use of statistical analysis.
Published in Chapter: Method Development for Assessing a Diversity Goal; From: Handbook of Research on Assessment Technologies, Methods, and Applications in Higher Education
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Chapter 11
Formulating a Framework for Desktop Research in Chinese Information Systems
Attempts to understand a social phenomenon by interpreting numbers. This paradigm emphasises quantification in the processes of data collection and analysis.
Published in Chapter: Formulating a Framework for Desktop Research in Chinese Information Systems; From: Handbook of Research on Innovations in Information Retrieval, Analysis, and Management
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Chapter 53
Challenges in International Consulting: A Leadership Case Study
Sometimes referred to as positivistic, this type of inquiry uses a numerical approach to understand property, goods, and services in society through the use of statistics, such as student test performance.
Published in Chapter: Challenges in International Consulting: A Leadership Case Study; From: Encyclopedia of E-Leadership, Counseling and Training
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Chapter 585
The Nature of Research Methodologies
Refers to the meanings, concepts, definitions, characteristics, metaphors, symbols, and descriptions of things.
Published in Chapter: The Nature of Research Methodologies; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 23
The Portuguese School of Macao, China: A Traditional/Web 2.0 Assessment Facing Different Learning Styles
Refers to the systematic empirical investigation of social phenomena via statistical mathematical or computational techniques. The objective of quantitative research is to develop and employ mathematical models, theories and/or hypotheses pertaining to phenomena. The process of measurement is central to quantitative research because it provides the fundamental connection between empirical observation and mathematical expression of quantitative relationships.
Published in Chapter: The Portuguese School of Macao, China: A Traditional/Web 2.0 Assessment Facing Different Learning Styles; From: Handbook of Research on Enterprise 2.0: Technological, Social, and Organizational Dimensions
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