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Exploratory Quantitative
Pure Research Research Research
Descriptive
Applied Qualitative Research
Research
Research
Causal Research
Types of Research: application
Basic research
Applied research
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Basic Research
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Basic Research Example
Do consumers experience post-purchase
regret after buying a low-involvement
product?
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Applied Research
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Applied Research Example
• Should McDonalds add Italian pasta dinners to its
menu?
• Marketing research told McDonald’s it should not.
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Types of Research: Objectives
• Exploratory
• Descriptive
• Causal
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Exploratory Research
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Exploratory Research Techniques:
Two Examples
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Descriptive Research
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Descriptive Research Example
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Descriptive Research Example
• Characteristics of residents of a community
• Attitudes of students towards quality of
teaching
• Types of service provided by an agency
• Needs of a community
• Sale of a product
Causal Research
Conducted to identify cause and effect
relationships
If I do x it will result in y.
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Identifying Causality
• Causal relationships are impossible to prove
• Evidence of causality
1. Appropriate causal order of events
2. Concomitant variation: Two phenomena
vary together
3. Absence of alternative plausible
explanations
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Exercise: identify the type of each of
these research
1- Attitude of the students toward quality of
teaching in the AAST
2- Impact of advertising campaign on sales of a
product
3- The effect of stressful living on incidence of
heart attacks.
4- Why stressful living result in heart attacks
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Types of Research: type of information
thought
• Qualitative research: intends to gain a qualitative
understanding of the underlying reasons and
motivations. Data usually collected through focus
group, in-depth interview,…
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