Quantitative Data Analysis

DATA ANALYSIS METHODS

As for this current research work, the researcher opted for a combination of both qualitative and quantitative data approaches in an endeavor to manage different sets of facts and make them subject to multilevel of examinations and interpretations and attain what is called an outright picture of reality. According to Greene et al. (1989), these two approaches

…are used to measure overlapping but also different facets of a phenomenon, yielding an enriched understanding by illustrating, clarifying, or elaborating on certain aspects

Quoted in Dornyei (2007: 164)

To put it differently, the incorporation of these two approaches in the context of a single study is widely acknowledged by research methodologists for having

Tests results were also coded and quantified by means of central tendency or what is known as averages. They were measured through the use of mean, median, and mode. This descriptive analysis, in this context, is adapted to make a clear representation of the results, and display them in summarized

Therefore, a focus was put, in this fieldwork, additionally on a qualitative analysis.

The qualitative analysis, on the other hand, is believed to provide an insightful understanding of a particular event; it tends to be explanatory in nature describing and explaining some phenomenon such those related to the subjects’ opinions and experiences. In this respect, Cohen et al., (2007: 461) argue:

Qualitative data analysis involves organizing, accounting for and explaining the data; in short, making sense of data in terms of the participants’ noting patterns, themes, categories and regularities

In this research, qualitative analysis was undertaken to analyse some research instruments namely the teachers’ interview and the learners’ questionnaire consisting of those items that opened the floors to the participants to express themselves freely. It was meant out to explore and explain some events.

With reference to this present investigation, findings gathered from different research procedures were analyzed through the examination of three main phases, they are:

• Pre- training phase;

• While training phase

• Post-training