week 2: Types of Research Design: Experimental Research, Survey Research,

 Dimensions and Major Types of Social Research

Basic Applied

• Evaluation
• Action
• Social Impact

PURPOSE OF RESEARCH

Explore Describe Explain

WITHIN OR ACROSS CASES

Case Study Research Across Case Research

SINGLE OR MULTIPLE POINTS IN TIME

Cross-Sectional Longitudinal

  • Time series

  • Panel

  • Cohort

    Case Study

    DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES

    Quantitative Data

  • Experiment

  • Survey

  • Nonreactive (content analysis, secondary

    analysis, existing statistics) Qualitative Data

• Field (ethnography, participant observation)

• Historical-comparative