TYPES OF RESEARCH

• • Qualitative Research: Often referred to as inductive research; aims to understand or make sense of the world based on the experiences and perceptions of individuals
• • Quantitative Research: Often referred to as deductive reasoning; aims to understand the world by generalizability using controlled, value-neutral processes.
• • Inductive Reasoning: Aims to infer theoretical concepts and patterns from observed data; also known as Theory Building Research.
• Deductive Reasoning: Aims to test concepts and patterns known from theory using new empirical data; also known as Theory Testing Research.
• • Empirical Knowledge: Information gathered through experience and direct data collection
• Non-empirical Knowledge: Roots from introspection, vicarious experiences, and people’s analysis of events.
• Scientific Knowledge: A generalized body of laws and theories that explains a phenomenon acquired using the scientific method; can be imperfect or far from the truth since it is based on the various theories currently accepted at the time.
• Non-Scientific Knowledge: Non-scientific knowledge refers to knowledge that is not based on or exhibiting scientific knowledge or scientific methodology1. It is an area of study that is not scientific, especially one that is not a natural science or a social science that is an object of scientific inquiry
• Exploratory research: Often conducted in new areas of inquiry where it intends to scope out the magnitude of a particular phenomenon, problem, or behavior, to generate new ideas, and also to test the feasibility of undertaking an extensive study regarding the phenomenon; seeks to investigate
• Explanatory Research: Provides explanations of an observed phenomenon by answering the ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions; attempts to correct the dots by identifying causal factors and outcomes of the phenomenon; and often seeks to explain an aspect of social life
• Descriptive Research: descriptive research is used to describe an aspect of life richly. This is related to explanatory research but instead answers the ‘who’, ‘what’, and ‘where’ questions.
• Research Design: A strategic plan of how to go about answering the research questions. It is a plan on how to collect, analyze, and interpret research data. It touches all parts of the research and acts as a blueprint.
• • Research Methodology: This is rationale for the research design and is broader in terms of concepts which it touches. It justifies one’s choice of data collection, analysis, method, and procedures.
• TYPES OF RESEARCH

  1. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
  2. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
  3. INDUCTIVE REASONING
  4. DEDUCTIVE REASONING
  5. EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE
  6. NON-EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE
  7. SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
  8. NON-SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
  9. EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
  10. EXPLANATORY RESEARCH
  11. DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
  12. RESEARCH DESIGN
  13. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY