Importance Of Quantitative Research Method

Many describe Quantitative research method as the oldest form of social research and trusted by most researchers as they believe that anything that has been proven with the help of numbers cannot be wrong (Alston & Bowles, 2012, p. 10). Basically Quantitative method deals with numbers, the researcher 's own presence is minimal and has deductive approach. It is most commonly used when, one began with a Hypothesis and that needed to confirm or reconfirm through research. It is a type of research in which the researcher decide what to study, ask specific questions, collects quantifiable data, analysis these data and conducts the enquiry in an objective manner. Generally, quantitative research is to gather or collect information that can be inferred to large populations of

43). Once the study has been focused, the researchers review the seminar works and current prior primary sources. According to (Tant, 2011, p. 58), ‘twelve variables that are commonly associated with social isolation in the literature which are gender, increasing age, being never married divorced or widowed, childlessness, living alone, poor health, low income, having no pets, transport problems being on a waiting list for HACC service, being of non- English speaking background and caring for someone’. Based on the research questions and review of prior resources, Hypothesis is created to predict the relationship between the studies variables. Another Hypothesis that the researcher proposed, ‘people’s level of power will significantly negatively predict their level of social isolation pre-intervention by HACC funded projects’ (Tant, 2011, p. 101).

The researcher chooses the study design and methods to test the hypothesis. Finally appropriate analytical analyses are used to analyze the data allowing the researcher to draw