A major focus in quantitative research is on

A major focus of quantitative research is causality, the search for cause and effect relationships between variables.

It tests hypotheses to show how change in an independent variable produces change in a dependent variable.

Historicity, the concern with historical context, belongs more to interpretive and historical approaches.

Social reflections point to the reflexive, meaning centred emphasis of qualitative work.

Creating an artificial environment describes the experiment as a setting, not the guiding focus of the paradigm.

Alongside causality, quantitative research also stresses measurement, generalisation and replication.