Investigating the performance of Iraqi EFL researchers in writing quantitative and qualitative researches

Abstract

In this research, the researcher adopts a practical and the theoretical parts. First, is the practical part, it consists of the problem, the aim, the hypothesis, the procedures and the limits of the study. These will be in the first part. In part two which is the theoretical part, the researcher indicates two main types of researches which are quantitative and qualitative research. Then the research is dedicated to the description of methodology, the results and finally the conclusion. The study aims first to clarify the quantitative and qualitative researches and second to investigate the performance of Iraqi EFL researchers in writing quantitative and qualitative researches. The main tool that is used in this research is the questionnaire which was included personal information such as (bachelor of education) and teachers (master and doctorate) and different questions about quantitative or qualitative researches. It combined (30) participants, (20) as fourth stage researchers, and (10) for lecturer, it was designed to measure which of the researchers has knowledge about the two types of researches, and how can they distinguish between each one, what are the main different points between quantitative and qualitative research. We can see the results from their answers when we analyze the questionnaire.