Quantitative Research

Jan Jonker () and Bartjan W. Pennink ()
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Jan Jonker: Faculty of Economics and Business University of Groningen
Bartjan W. Pennink: Radboud University Nijmegen (RU)

Chapter Chapter 4 in The Essence of Research Methodology, 2010, pp 65-75 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract By means of the previously introduced Research Pyramid this chapter provides a concise overview of the quantitative research approach. The essence of quantitative research is to use a ‘theory’ to frame and thus understand the problem at hand. Its starting point if not focus can be to contribute to the development of theory. It is grounded in the basic attitude that knowledge about reality can also be obtained ‘through the eyes of the researcher’. It is he who elaborates theory based on findings. In order to make this happen theory is most often translated into a conceptual model and elaborated predominantly by means of hypotheses. For the researcher conducting quantitative research implies carefully operationalising a theory and subsequently measuring it by means of variables and questions. He needs to justify the way in which he has designed and operationalised the research methodologically and technically.1

Keywords: Conceptual Model; Problem Definition; Quantitative Research; Closed Question; Quantitative Methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71659-4_4

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