Quantitative Research Problem

Nature of Quantitative Research Problem

The situation in life, where you find difficulty in knowing or finding answers or solutions to questions
causing you worries or perplexities is called a problem.

By nature, you do not want to stay long in a problematic kind of life. Once you encounter a problem,
being an INQUISITIVE, SPECULATIVE, AND CREATIVE PERSON, you immediately would like to find ways
and means to free yourself from such conundrum (enigma/puzzle) in life.

Sparked by your curiosity or interest, you get to ponder on a problem needing answers. You resort to
thinking of WHAT TO SOLVE, WHOM TO ASK, WHERE TO GO, AND HOW TO DO all the things you want
to happen to find the answer to the problem.

Behaving this way, you are then confronted with a RESEARCH PROBLEM.

A research problem is something that nurtures in your mind a DIFFICULTY OR UNCERTAINTY, enough to
push you to do an EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION whereby you search for answers to a problem by
COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA OR INFORMATION through which you can find the right answer or
solution.

Quantitative Research Problem vs Qualitative Research Problem.

 Quanti Research Problem is RESEARCHABLE

 Quanti Research Problem is characterized by PRECISION, SPECIFICITY, OR STABILITY, and is

geared toward a POSSIBLE RESULT.

 Quali Research Problem is more inclined to explaining or describing people’s views, values,
attitudes, opinions, and other subjective traits.

 Quali Research Problem is described as expansive, widespread, and developing, and it is focused
more on processes rather than on outcomes.

“How to know if your problem is a researchable problem”

 Requiring you to adopt an empirical attitude toward your problem in a way that you depend on
your sensory experience, conduct experimentation, or perform a scientific method in arriving at
the truth about something MAKES YOUR PROBLEM A RESEARCHABLE PROBLEM.
Sources of Quantitative Research Problem

 Agencies of the government, or any non-government institutions.

 Your own experience or genuine interest in something

 Previous research findings which you want to validate or consider as studies suffering from
some inconsistencies or discrepancies.

 Present political social or economic issue in society.

 Review of related literature.

The Four Basic Elements of Experiments

1. Subjects or objects (people, places, things, events, etc.)

2. The subject’s condition before the actual experiment
3. The treatment, intervention, or condition applied on the subject.
4. The subject’s condition after the treatment.