A study design to
depict the participants
in an accurate way.
Methods
Observational
Case Study
Survey
Evaluation Research
Evaluates and specifies
effects of social
programs and policies
and how it affects social
patterns.
Causes
Effects
Exploratory Research
Tries to connect ideas to understand a cause and an effect.
Methods
Surveys
Statistical
Techniques
Explanatory Research
Analyses how social
conventions or daily issues
happen. what the
circumstances are and what
variations may occur.
Alternative Research Orientations
Quantitative Method
Quantitative methods use the statistical,
mathematical, or numerical analysis of data in
order to explain a particular phenomenon.
Qualitative Method
Attempts to give the brief and understandable explanations of
social phenomena using textual or observations data. It has
relation mostly with peoples' perspectives
through written or spoken words letting aside numerical
interpretations.