So, the goal of this episode is to enable you, learners, to describe the characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, and kinds of quantitative research, and we will do just that, in a more simplified way.

By now, you are already asked by your research teacher to come up with your research topics that will be treated as your practical research, and some of you may still have some lingering question as to what practical research really entails.

Well, say no more, because that’s what this episode is all about: designing research in daily life.

Going to the very purpose of this episode: research writing and researching in general wouldn’t be complete without the so-called variables.

One of the biggest questions you might have as you study quantitative research is, “Why do we even need to study quantitative research?” 

“What value does it add to my life, apart from being a subject you need to pass in senior high school?”

Well, that’s what we are going to make worth our while here on this episode called:

“Importance of Quantitative Research across Fields”.

Whenever we read something, it’s almost always a habit that we try to skip to the best part.

Instinctively, we want to see the main point of what we are reading—for us to save time among many other reasons.

Doing so is not wrong, as long as this does not compromise our reading comprehension. In fact, it is a skill that was introduced to us when we were younger—remember scanning and skimming?

This time, the only difference is that we try to identify the thesis statement of an academic text.

In this day and age where almost everything works instantly, we can say that we also need the same for reading. If only we could read a bulk of reading materials and get its essence in no time, that’s probably what we’re going to do.

However, the best we can do is probably find a summary or the gist of a given material to see if it is interesting enough to spend our time consuming the whole piece.

But the main question is, how does one even write a summary from written material, such as academic texts?

From this podcast, let us know more about the five different text structures of academic texts, namely:

1. Description

2. Problem and Solution

3. Compare and Contrast

4. Cause and Effect

5. Sequence

And each possesses certain giveaways or clues as to its structure. Although learning these may appear trivial, you will be thankful that you took the time in listening to this episode as this will help you become ready by the time you start writing your research in Practical Research 1, 2, and Inquiries, Investigations, and Immersion.

In this episode, we talk about Differentiating the Language Used in Academic Texts from Various Disciplines, one of the lessons in the SHS applied subject English for Academic and Professional Purposes. 

Have a listen, and discover more of it here on Everything English.