Week 2:Types of Research

Types of research can be looked at from three different perspectives 
1. applications of the findings of the research study;
2. objectives of the study;
3. mode of enquiry used in conducting the study.
The classification of the types of a study on the basis of these perspectives is not mutually exclusive:
that is, a research study classified from the viewpoint of ‘application’ can also be classified from the
perspectives of ‘objectives’ and ‘enquiry mode’ employed. For example, a research project may be
classified as pure or applied research (from the perspective of application), as descriptive, correlational,
explanatory or exploratory (from the perspective of objectives) and as qualitative or quantitative (from
the perspective of the enquiry mode employed).

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