What are the objectives of quantitative research?

 Quantitative research exhibits many qualities of natural sciences approach. Quantitative research is supported by natural science model which means that the logic and proceedings of the natural sciences are taken to provide an epistemological standard against which empirical research in social sciences are evaluated before it can be treated as valid knowledge. It is associated with a number of different methods of data collection. Social survey is one of the main methods of data collection. Most survey research is based on an underlying research design which is called correlational or cross-sectional. Surveys and experiment are the main methods of quantitative research but three others are also important.

1) Analysis of previously collected data like the official statistics. Durkheim’s analysis of suicide statistics is often treated as an example of this tradition.

2) Structured observation, whereby the researcher records observation according to a predetermined schedule and quantifies the resulting data.

3) Content Analysis, the quantitative analysis of the communication content of media such as newspapers.

The epistemelomogy upon which quantitative research is based on a set of preconditions, and mere presence of numbers is unlikely to be sufficient. Collection of practices and assumptions are part and parcel of quantitative research.it is important to follow the natural science approach because it provides sound basis against which knowledge can be judged. It is argued that the methods of natural science are applicable to the study of society. Therefore the precise nature of scientific method forms the basis of quantitative research.

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