Types and Examples of Research

• Applied Research

  • is designed to solve practical problems of the modern world
• Basic Research

  • is driven by a scientist’s curiosity or interest in a specific question
• Correlational Research

  • refers to the systematic investigation or statistical study of relationships among two or more variables.
• Descriptive Research

  • provides an accurate portrayal of a class or a particular individual situation or group.
• Ethnographic Research

  • refers to the investigation of a culture through an in-depth study of the members of the culture
• Experimental Research

  • is an objective, systematic, controlled investigation, for the purposes of predicting and controlling phenomena and examining probability and causality among selected variables.
• Explanatory Research

  • is a type conducted for a problem that has not been clearly defined.
• Exploratory Research

  • is one involving analysis of events that occurred in the remote or recent past.
• Phenomenological Research

  • is developed from phenomenological philosophy
• Action Research

  • involves the application of the steps of the scientific method in the classroom problems.