PRACTICAL

RESEARCH 2
Quarter 1 – Module 2

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

Practical Research 2- Grade 12
Alternative Delivery Mode

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 Importance of Quantitative
Lesson 2 Research Across Fields

What’s In

You have learned from Lesson 1 that quantitative research is a formal, deductive, and
systematic process that focuses mainly on obtaining and analyzing numerical data. The
method of data collection is objective and replicable. At the same time, its analysis is statistical
and generalizable to the population making the findings of quantitative research very credible
and useful for administrators, law makers, scientists, decision-makers and business owners. It
is for these reasons that quantitative analysis can be applied and very useful to various fields
of study. In this lesson, you will uncover the role of quantitative research in the advancement
of knowledge across disciplines.

Key Question: How is quantitative research applicable across fields?

What I Need to Know

People indulge in research to know more, to solve problems, or to improve existing
conditions. More and more institutions promote research studies while younger individuals
indulge in research projects not only because they are required to but also because they came
to realize the value and benefits research has to offer. The quantitative research’s systematic
way of finding the answers forges its pertinence regardless of the area or sector. The more
you perceive the value of quantitative research to different groups or field of study, the more
you appreciate it, hence, igniting your interest from knowing that you may make use of it in
your own chosen track.

What’s New
Activity 1: Where do I belong?

Direction. Listed in Column A are the important inventions, innovations or discoveries in

history. Identify which field in Column B do these discoveries have great
importance.
Column A Column B
_______1. Vaccine A. Agriculture and Fisheries
_______2. Refrigeration B. Natural and Physical Science
_______3. Printing press C. Business and Accounting
_______4. Computer D. Information and Communications
_______5. Airplane Technology
_______6. Photo finishes E. Arts
_______7. Social media F. Education
_______8. Paint G. Sports
H. Humanities and Social Science
I. Mathematics
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Activity 2: Expanding your vocabulary!

Directions: Read through the text of this lesson and look for an underlined word that has the
same meaning as the word in the list below. Write the word on the space provided.
1. Intercession - _________________
2. To find out – __________________
3. Salable - _____________________
4. Quicken, expedite - _____________
5. Relationship - _________________
6. Create, produce - _______________
7. Compatibility - __________________
8. Toughest - _________________
9. Changeable - ______________
10. Global, widespread - ________________

What Is It

Importance of Quantitative Research Across Fields

The value of quantitative research to man’s quest to discover the unknown and
improve underlying conditions is undeniable. Throughout history, quantitative research has
paved the way to finding meaningful solutions to difficulties. For instance, the development of
vaccines to strengthen our immunity against viruses causing highly communicable diseases
like polio, influenza, chickenpox, and measles to name a few, underwent thorough
experimental trials. You bet, scientists and medical experts all over the world today are
working their best to fast track the development, testing and release of the vaccine for the
Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (Covid-19) as the pandemic has critically affected the world
economy, education, as well as physical and emotional well-being of people.

The findings of the quantitative study can influence leaders and law-makers’ decisions
for crafting and implementing laws for the safety and welfare of the more significant majority.
For example, a community with high cases of Covid-19 positive patients is mandated by law to
be under Enhanced Community Quarantine where only the most essential businesses can
operate. On the other hand, cities with less or zero case will be under General Community
Quarantine where some businesses, public and private offices are already allowed to operate.

Using quantitative design helps us determine and better understand relationships

between variables or phenomenon crucial to reducing the range of uncertainty because the
mathematics (more of this in the last module) behind quantitative studies helps us make close
estimates of the outcome (dependent variable) from a given condition/s (independent
variable). Relationship between demand and supply, age and health, discipline and academic
achievement, practice and winning at sports, depression and suicidal rates, algae population
and Oxygen demand are just a few examples of real-life applications of correlation studies in
the past that we still apply today.

Most inventions and innovations are products of quantitative studies. Before you can enjoy
the uses and features of a smart phone, it took years of research to establish compliance to
standards for interoperability , to find the most cost-effective raw materials, identify the
sleekest and sturdiest design, the fastest data saving and processing power, and most
marketable add-ons according to consumer needs. Indeed, mankind will dwell in the darkness
of ignorance if not for the people who conducted their research before reading about it from
books or manuals.

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 The table below shows some of the contributions of quantitative research to other fields
and their example.

Field Contribution/Application Example

Social Science • Effects of intervention to group The effects of pandemic on
behavior. social behavior and
• Understanding cultural or racial economic stability.
conflicts.
• Human satisfaction and stressors
Natural and Physical • Investigate the effectiveness of a Antidiabetic properties of
Sciences product or treatment to illnesses. common Philippine herbs.
• Finding or enhancing alternative
energy sources.
• Advancement in material science.
Agriculture and Fisheries • Increase the yield of crops The effectiveness of organic
• Prevention and cure for crops and and inorganic fertilizer to
livestock diseases vegetable production.

Sports Enhance athletic performance Diet and exercise techniques

for different kinds of sports.
Business • Device marketing strategies Effectiveness of Facebook
• Improve marketability ads on sales.
Arts and Design • Relationship between color and The effects of music on
architectural space learning and behavior.
• Multimedia use and adaptation for
recreation, business marketing and
lifestyle changes.
Environmental Science Causes and effects of climate The environmental factors
change affecting natural calamities

What’s More
Directions: In a separate sheet, make a concept map (example below) of all
other fields/disciplines where you think quantitative research can be applied.
Explain why quantitative research is important to these fields.

Journalism

Quantitative
Anthropology History
Research

Engineering

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What I Have Learned

Directions: Answer the following questions clearly but briefly.

A. How is quantitative research relevant to different discipline?

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B. Explain briefly, the importance or contribution of quantitative research to each of the

following fields of study.

Field Importance / contribution

Natural and Physical Science

Education

Sports

Arts and Design

Agriculture and Fisheries

Information and
Communication Technology

Social Science

Business and Accounting

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Search online, from a book or publication one particular quantitative study for
every field below and indicate its contribution to the development of knowledge to
that field.

Field Title, Author/s, Yr published Contribution

Education The Better You Feel the Better You Finds a way to improve
Learn: Do Warm Colours and Rounded learning through colors
Shapes Enhance Learning Outcome in and shapes.
Multimedia Learning? Munchow, H,
Mengelkamp, C, Bannert, M. (2017)
Medicine

Sports

Food Industry

Agriculture

Arts

Social Science

Environmental
Science

ICT

Energy

JOVANNI C. BALLESTEROS

Subject teacher