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RESEARCH METHODS FOR LANGUAGE
STUDIES
(BBI 4401)
Week 2
PREPARED BY
Vahid Nimehchisalem, PhD
English Language Department
Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication
Universiti Putra Malaysia
1
Quantitative research
• Characteristics
Textbook:
Pages 24-35, Chapter 2, Dörnyei (2007)
Quantitative research
• QUAN research tests objective theories by
examining relationship among variables
• QUAN Data collection procedures result
primarily in numerical data which is then
analyzed primarily by statistical methods
• Typical example: survey research using
questionnaires analyzed by statistical software
like SPSS
Qualitative research
• QUAL researchers explore to understand the
meaning individuals or groups ascribe to social or
human problem
• QUAL Data collection procedures result primarily
in open-ended non-numerical data which is then
analyzed primarily by non-statistical methods
• Typical example: interview research with
transcribed recordings analyzed by qualitative
content analysis
Mixed methods research
• Involves different combinations of QUAN and
QUAL research either at the data collection or
at the analysis levels.
• The core assumption is the combination of
QUAL and QUAN approached provide a more
complete understanding of the research
problem
• Typical example: consecutive and interrelated
questionnaire and interview studies.
Quantitative methods Mixed methods Qualitative methods
Pre-determined Both Emerging methods
Instrument based
questions
both Open-ended questions
Performance data, attitude
data, observational data,
census data
Multiple forms of data Interview data, observation
data, document data,
audiovisual data
Statistical analysis Statistical and text analysis Text and image analysis
Statistical interpretation Across databases
interpretation
Themes, patterns
interpretation
Quantitative vs. Qualitative research
• QUAN research offers structured and highly
regulated way of achieving a macro-
perspective of the overarching trends in the
world
• QUAL research presents a flexible and highly
context-sensitive micro-perspective of
everyday realities of the world
Positions regarding QUAL-QUAN
distinction
Purists
 QUAL and QUAN methodologies are mutually exclusive
Situationalists
 Both approaches have value if applied in the
appropriate research context
Pragmatists
 Some sort of integration of the two methodologies can
be beneficial to corroborate, elaborate, or initiate
findings from the other method
Main characteristics of quantitative
research
• Using numbers
• A priori categorization
• Variables rather than cases
• Statistics and language of statistics
• Standardized procedures to assess objective
reality
• Quest for generalizability and universal laws
Terima Kasih | Thank You
10

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Week 2 Research Methods For Language Studies

  • 1. RESEARCH METHODS FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES (BBI 4401) Week 2 PREPARED BY Vahid Nimehchisalem, PhD English Language Department Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication Universiti Putra Malaysia 1
  • 3. Quantitative research • QUAN research tests objective theories by examining relationship among variables • QUAN Data collection procedures result primarily in numerical data which is then analyzed primarily by statistical methods • Typical example: survey research using questionnaires analyzed by statistical software like SPSS
  • 4. Qualitative research • QUAL researchers explore to understand the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to social or human problem • QUAL Data collection procedures result primarily in open-ended non-numerical data which is then analyzed primarily by non-statistical methods • Typical example: interview research with transcribed recordings analyzed by qualitative content analysis
  • 5. Mixed methods research • Involves different combinations of QUAN and QUAL research either at the data collection or at the analysis levels. • The core assumption is the combination of QUAL and QUAN approached provide a more complete understanding of the research problem • Typical example: consecutive and interrelated questionnaire and interview studies.
  • 6. Quantitative methods Mixed methods Qualitative methods Pre-determined Both Emerging methods Instrument based questions both Open-ended questions Performance data, attitude data, observational data, census data Multiple forms of data Interview data, observation data, document data, audiovisual data Statistical analysis Statistical and text analysis Text and image analysis Statistical interpretation Across databases interpretation Themes, patterns interpretation
  • 7. Quantitative vs. Qualitative research • QUAN research offers structured and highly regulated way of achieving a macro- perspective of the overarching trends in the world • QUAL research presents a flexible and highly context-sensitive micro-perspective of everyday realities of the world
  • 8. Positions regarding QUAL-QUAN distinction Purists  QUAL and QUAN methodologies are mutually exclusive Situationalists  Both approaches have value if applied in the appropriate research context Pragmatists  Some sort of integration of the two methodologies can be beneficial to corroborate, elaborate, or initiate findings from the other method
  • 9. Main characteristics of quantitative research • Using numbers • A priori categorization • Variables rather than cases • Statistics and language of statistics • Standardized procedures to assess objective reality • Quest for generalizability and universal laws
  • 10. Terima Kasih | Thank You 10