CSAS Organized a Special Seminar for M.Phil & PhD Students on Quantitative Research Methods The Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS), University of the Punjab, Lahore organized a special One Day Seminar for M.Phil & PhD students, on January 9, 2025. The seminar was titled, "Focusing Quantitative Research: Initiation to completion". Dr. Abdul Jabbar from Deptt. of Political Science, University of the Punjab was the Keynote Speaker at the occasion. The Speaker said that Research is a scholarly and systematic search for relevant knowledge on a specified subject and it is an essential question to know ‘What motivates people to conduct research’? He said that Quantitative Studies can be conducted to observe situations, people, and subjects to gain a better understanding of phenomena. Dr. Abdul Jabbar emphasized that Quantitative Research involves quantifying things and asks questions such as "how long," "how many," and "the degree to which". The Speaker further elaborated that Quantitative Research aims to quantify the data and generalize findings from a sample of a study from varied perspectives. It requires collecting data, analyzing, and interpreting quantifiable data to prove the hypothesis produced in a specific study. The Keynote Speaker also gave a detailed description of the characteristics and methods to be adopted for Quantitative Research (Experimental Research, Co-Relational Designs, Descriptive Research & Case Studies). Towards the end of session, the students were given task to develop the Research Questions and Quantitative Hypothesis. Tweet Follow @pu_lhr_official |