TYPES OF RESEARCH

BASED ON APPLICATION OF
RESEARCH METHOD
PURE RESEARCH

•DEALS WITH CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES,

OR ABSTARCT THINGS
•AIMS TO INCREASE YOUR
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOMETHING
APPLIED RESEARCH

•THE INTENTION IS TO APPLY YOUR

CHOSEN RESEARCH TO SOCIETAL
PROBELEMS OR ISSUES
•FINDING WAYS TO MAKE OSITIVE
CHANGES IN SOCIETY
BASED ON PURPOSE OF
THE RESEARCH
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
• AIMS IN DEFINING OR GIVING A VERBAL
PORTRAYAL OR PICTURE OF A PERSON, THING,
EVENT OR GROUP, SITUATION ETC.
• LIABLE TO REPEATED RESEARCH
• RELATES ITSELF TO A CERTAIN PERIOD OR A
LIMITED NUMBER OF YEARS
• DEVELOP THE INCLINATION OF CONDUCTING
FURTHER STUDIES ON SUCH SUBJECT
CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH

•SHOWS RELATIONSHIP OR
CONNECTIONS OF TWO FACTORS,
CIRCUMSTANCES, OR AGENTS CALLED
VARIABLES THAT AFFECT THE RESEARCH
•CONCERNED IN INDICATING THE
EXISTENCE OF A RELATIONSHIP, NOT THE
CAUSES AND WAYS OF SUCH
RELATIONSHIP
EXPLANATORY RESEARCH

•ELABORATES OR EXPLAINS NOT

JUST THE REASONS BEHIND THE
RELATIONSHIP OF TWO
FACTORS, BUT ALSO THE WAYS
BY WHICH SUCH RELATIONSIP
EXITS
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH

•FIND OUT HOW REASONABLE OR

POSSIBLE IT IS TO CONDUCT A
RESEARCH STUDY ON A CERTAIN
TOPIC
•DISCOVER IDEAS ON TOPICS THAT
COULD TRIGGER YOUR INTEREST IN
CONDUCTING RESEARCH STUDIES
ACTION RESEARCH

•ON GOING PRACTICE OF

SCHOOL, ORGANIZATION,
COMMUNITY, OR INSTITUTION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF
OBTAINING RESULTS THAT WILL
BRING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
SYSTEM
BASED ON TYPES OF DATA
NEEDED
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

• REQUIRES NON-NUMERICAL DATA

• THE RESEARCH USES WORDS RATHER THAN
NUMBERS TO EXPRESS THE RESULTS
• OPINIONATED ANSWERS FROM PEOPLE ARE
NOT MEASURABLE
• VERBAL LANGUAGE IS THE RIGHT WAY TO
EXPRESS YOUR FINDINGS IN A QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

•INVOLVES MEASUREMENT OF DATA

•PRESENTS RESEARCH FINDINGS
REFERRING TO THE NUMBER OR
FREQUENCY OF SOMETHING IN
NUMERICAL FORMS
PRIMARY DATA

•OBTAINED THROUGH DIRECT

OBSERVATION OR CONTACT WITH
PEOPLE, ARTIFACTS, PAINTINGS, ETC.
•NEW AND ORIGINAL INFORMATIO
RESULTING FROM YOUR SENSORY
EXPERIENCE
SECONDARY DATA

•DATA THAT HAS BEEN ALREADY

BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT OR
REPORTED ON AND ARE
AVAILABLE FOR READING
PURPOSES
APPROCAHES TO
RESEARCH
SCIENTIFIC OR POSITIVE APPROACH

• DISCOVER AND MEASURE INFORMATION AS

WELL AS OBSERVE AND CONTROL VARIABLES
IN AN IMPERSONAL MANNER
• ALLOWS CONTROL OF VARIABLES
• INTERVIEWS, QUESTIONAIRES,
OBSERVATIONAL CHECKLIST
• FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
NATURALISTIC APPROACH
• CONTAST TO SCIENTIFIC APPROACH, IT USES
WORDS
• DIRECTS TO DEAL WITH QUALITATIVE DATA THAT
SPEAK HOW PEOPLE BEHAVE TOWARD THEIR
SURROUNDING
• NON-NUMERICAL DATA THAT EXPRESS TRUTHS
ABOUT HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE OR UNDESTAND
THE WORLD
• HAPPENS IN A NATURAL SETTING
TRIANGULATION APPROACH
• COMBINATION OF THE TWO APPROACHES
• FREE TO GATHER AND ANALYZE DATA USING
MULTIPLE METHODS, ALLOWING YOU TO
COMBINE OR MIX UP RESEARCH APPROCAHES,
RESEARCH TYPES, DATA GATHERING, AND DATA
ANALYSIS AND TECHNIQUES
• GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW EVERY ANGLE
OF THE RESEARCH FROM DIFFERENT PERPECTIVE