Types of Research

It is used to find solutions to everyday problems, cure illness, and develop innovative technologies, rather than to acquire knowledge for knowledge's sake.

• Basic Research

• Applied Research

• Experimental Research

• Historical Research

It studies people, ethnic groups and other ethnic formations, their ethno genesis, composition, resettlement, social welfare characteristics, as well as their material and spiritual culture.

• Exploratory Research

• Experimental Research

• Ethnographic Research

• Grounded Theory Research

A research approach designed to discover what problems exist in a given social environment and how the persons involved handle them; it involves formulation, testing, and reformulation of propositions until a theory is developed.

• Applied Research

• Grounded Theory Research

• Experimental Research

• Historical Research

It is concerned with the study of experience from the perspective of the individual, ‘bracketing’ taken-for- granted assumptions and usual ways of perceiving.

• Quantitative Research

• Phenomenological Research

• Correlational Research

• Historical Research

Refers to the systematic empirical investigation of any phenomena via statistical, mathematical or computational techniques.

• Descriptive Research

• Qualitative Research

• Applied Research

• Quantitative Research

Descriptive research refers to research that provides an accurate portrayal of characteristics of a particular individual, situation, or group. Descriptive research, also known as...

• Basic Research

• Statistical Research

• Mathematical Research

• Phenomenological Research

A type of research conducted for a problem that has not been clearly defined.

• Exploratory Research

• Experimental Research

• Grounded Theory Research

• Correlational Research

It Seeks to establish a relation/association/correlation between two or more variables that do not readily lend themselves to experimental manipulation.

• Basic Research

• Applied Research

• Descriptive Research

• Correlational Research

It is an objective, systematic, controlled investigation for the purpose of predicting and controlling phenomena and examining probability and causality among selected variables.

• Phenomenological Research

• Ethnographic Research

• Descriptive Research

• Experimental Research

It is a research involving analysis of events that occurred in the remote or recent past

• Grounded Theory Research

• Historical Research

• Qualitative Research

• Basic Research