The document outlines two main approaches to educational research: qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative research focuses on understanding behavior and events in their natural context, using non-random participant selection and inductive reasoning, while quantitative research emphasizes numeric descriptions, random sampling, and deductive reasoning. The contrasts between the two methods include their data collection techniques, analysis methods, and the roles of literature review in the research process.

1. Approaches to
Educational Research
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Qualitative
Quantitative

3. Sahin Sahari
Asst. Professor (Belda College)
Ex-Asst. Professor of ABS Academy (Post Graduate Dept. of Education.)
Ex-Guest Teacher of WBNSOU(Muragacha Govt. College)
Ex-Guest Teacher of Jonepur High School
B.A (Education). M.A(Education). B.Ed. NET(Education). SET(Education)
Ph. D in Education(Contd..)

4. Qualitative Research
• A type of research meant for qualitative
description of the behavior and events
observed in their natural setting and
specialized techniques for the analysis and
interpretation of the collected qualitative
data.

5. Characteristics of
Qualitative Research
• Emphasis on natural setting and cultural context.
• Primary aimed to describe and secondary aim is to analyze
the events & things occurring in the natural setting.
• Here participants are selected through non-random method
• Data collected from the natural set-up.
• The qualitative research is based on inductive reasoning.
• Types : Ethnography, Phenomenology, Grounded theory,
Case study, Historical Research

6. Quantitative Research
• It tries to seek quantitative description of the
things observed in the natural setting or
otherwise being manipulated by the
researcher in his study.

7. Characteristics of
Quantitative Research
• It is merely concerned with the quantitative
description of the things observed.
• Here sample are collected through random method.
• This research is based on deductive reasoning.
• In quantitative research takes the information from the
participants mostly in quantitative forms or
quantitative expression.

8. Context Quantitative Research Qualitative Research
 Identifying a Research
Problem Description & Explanation
Exploration &
Understanding
 Review the Literature Major role Minor role
 Specifying a purpose
Specific & narrow
Measurable & Observable
General broad
Participant’s experience
 Collecting the data Numeric form
(Quantitative)
Non-numeric form
(Qualitative)
 Analyzing &
interpreting data
Statistical analysis
Comparison of groups or
relationship among the
variables.
Descriptive analysis
Description, analysis &
thematic development.
 Statistical Method Inferential Statistics Descriptive Statistics
 Setting Natural or Manipulated Natural Setting

9. Sahin Sahari
Asst. Professor (Belda College)
Ex-Asst. Professor of ABS Academy (Post Graduate Dept. of Education.)
Ex-Guest Teacher of WBNSOU(Muragacha Govt. College)
Ex-Guest Teacher of Jonepur High School
B.A (Education). M.A(Education). B.Ed. NET(Education). SET(Education)
Ph. D in Education(Contd..)