Types Of Research Methods

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Types of Research Methods Research methods can be defined as a systematic and scientific procedure of data collection, compilation, analysis, interpretation, and implication pertaining to any business problem. Types of research methods can be classified into several categories according to the nature and purpose of the study and other attributes.
1.Descriptive research : Descriptive research tries to explain systematically a research problem, phenomenon or service or gives information about community or population, or describes attitude about a subject. This type of research describes, interprets and clarifies what in the present. It is conducted through surveys, observations, questionnaires or schedules. …show more content…

Fundamental research: Fundamental research is mainly concerned with generalizations and with the formulation of a theory. “Gathering knowledge for knowledge’s sake is termed ‘pure’ or ‘basic’ research.” Research concerning some natural phenomenon or relating to pure mathematics are examples of fundamental research. Similarly, research studies, concerning human behaviour carried on with a view to make generalizations about human behaviour, are also examples of fundamental research. Basic research is directed towards finding information that has a broad base of applications and thus, adds to the already existing organized body of scientific knowledge.

Following are the main differences between applied research and fundamental research. Similarities between applied and fundamental (basic) research relate to the adoption of a systematic and scientific procedure to conduct the study.
Applied Research tries to eliminate the theory by adding to the basics of a discipline, problems are analysed from the point of a discipline, forecasting method is implemented, generalizations are preferred, assumes that variables do not change and reports are complied in a technical language of a discipline.
Fundamental research tries to solve a problem by including the field of discipline, several disciplines work together for solving a problem, individual cases …show more content…

Qualitative research: Qualitative research is concerned with qualitative aspects involving quality or kind. For instance, when we are interested in investigating the reasons for human behaviour (i.e., why people think or do certain things), we quite often talk of ‘Motivation Research’, an important type of qualitative research. This type of research aims at discovering the underlying motives and desires, using in depth interviews for the purpose. Other techniques of such research are word association tests, sentence completion tests, story completion tests and similar other projective techniques. Attitude or opinion research i.e., research designed to find out how people feel or what they think about a particular subject or institution is also qualitative research. Qualitative research is specially important in the behavioral sciences where the aim is to discover the underlying motives of human behaviour. Through such research we can analyse the various factors which motivate people to behave in a particular manner or which make people like or dislike a particular

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