Several Misunderstandings on Quantitative Research in Education
Some researchers in the field of education might not well know about the quantitative methods.There are several misunderstandings about qualitative methods.First,they might not well know the differences of objective between quantitative and qualitative research,considering the quantitative research that ignores the individual differences.Second,they might not well know the way of thinking that quantitative research uses analysis first and then integrity,considering that quantitative research does not emphasize the integrity but the decomposition of the objective.Third,they might not well know that the basic characteristic and requirement of quantitative research is objectivity,considering the quantitative study to ignore subjectivity.Forth,they consider that quantitative research usually simply reveals the correlations between variables,but can not find the causal relationship.Fifth,they believe quantitative researches emphasize the form but the content,so these researches are not able to reveal the nature but more formal.For the misunderstandings mentioned above,it is necessary to clarify these misunderstandings by the means of taking some examples of quantitative research.