20june2019 paper1 Q10
0. Which of the following research formats focusses on hypothesis testing and generalizations’?
- Option : A
- Explanation : Experimental research is a systematic and scientific approach to research in which the researcher manipulates one or more variables, and controls and measures any change in other variables. An ex post facto research design is a method in which groups with qualities that already exist are compared on some dependent variable. Both these are quantitative research formats that work to test a pre formulated hypothesis and use the data and results to generalize, i.e., extend them to a wider or universal set to draw broad inferences. Phenomenology, narrative research and case study are qualitative research formats aiming to provide a rich, contextualized understanding of some aspect of human experience through the intensive study of particular cases. They test their hypotheses but do not generalise their results. Action research uses both qualitative and quantitative methods for a self-reflective enquiry aimed at understaoding and improving existing practices. This doesn't generalise its results, either.
