Quantitative research is based on positivist paradigm, which advocates that reality will surface precisely through logic and experiment. Accordingly, it strives to formulate universal laws for each field of scientific study. Such a stance with respect to the nature of reality led to the birth of a research design to produce knowledge that is measurable, replicable, generalizable, intact, and value-free judgements. Being "value-laden" is a characteristic that is not desirable in quantitative research.