How Does Kinds of Quantitative Research Design Work?

Quantitative research design is like choosing the right game to play when you want to find out something new about your friends.

Quantitative research means using numbers and counting things, it's like playing a board game where each move has points, and the goal is to figure out who wins or how people play.

1. Surveys: This is like asking all your classmates what their favorite ice cream flavor is. You write down the answers and count which one is picked most, that’s a survey!

1. Experiments: Imagine you're testing if eating candy before math class helps you get better grades. You give some kids candy and others don’t, then see who does better, that's an experiment.

1. Observations: Sometimes you just watch what happens. Like seeing how many times your friend laughs during lunch, no questions asked, just counting!

Each kind of game (or research design) helps us understand something in a different way, like choosing the best tool for building a tower, sometimes you need blocks, sometimes you use glue!