Research, Q2-2 Types of research

Theoretical and applied.

Theoretical and applied.

Types of research according to purpose.

Theoretical research.

Type of research who’s purpose is to gain new knowledge such as new concepts, regardless of its practical application.

Applied research.

Type of research who’s purpose is to strategize and find a solution to adress a specific research problem. It draws on theory to gain practical knowledge.

Technological and Scientific.

Types of applied research.

Technological applied research.

Type of applied research that looks towards improving efficiency in a particular productive sector through the improvement of processes or machinery related to said productive processes.

Scientific applied research.

Type of applied research that has predictive purposes. Through this type of research design, we can measure certain variables to predict behaviours useful to the goods and services sector, such as consumption patterns and viability of commercial projects.

Descriptive, exploratory, explanatory, correlational.

Types of research according to depth of scope.

Exploratory research.

Type of research used for the preliminary investigation of a subject that is not yet well understood or sufficiently researched.

Descriptive research.

Type of research used to define characteristics of a particular phenomenon without necessarily investigating the causes that produce it.

Explanatory research.

Type of research used to establish cause-and-effect relationships.

Correlational.

Type of research used to identify relationship between two or more variables.

Qualitative and quantitative.

Types of research according to the type of data used.

Experimental, Non-experimental, Quasi-experimental

Types of research according to the degree of manipulation of variables.

Experimental

Type of research that manipulates its variables in strictly controlled conditions.

Non-experimental

Type of research where the researcher does not intervene and limits involvement in measuring variables. Often used in descriptive research.

Quasi-experimental

Type of research that controls only some variables of the phenomenon under investigation and is therefore not entirely experimental. In this case, the study and the focus group cannot be randomly selected, but are chosen from existing groups or populations.

Longitudinal/Diachronic and cross-sectional/synchronus.

Types of research according to the Time in Which it is Carried Out

Longitudinal/diachronic research.

Type of research carried out in a defined period of time.

Cross-sectional/synchronus research

Type of research that observes a phenomena, an individual, or a group of research subjects at a given time.

Deductive, inductive, hypothetical-deductive

Types of research according to types of inference.

Deductive research

Type of research where reality is explained by general laws that point to certain conclusions; conclusions are considered correct if the premise is valid and the inductive method is applied correctly.

Inductive research

Type of research where knowledge is generated from an observation to achieve a generalisation. It is based on the collection of specific data to develop new theories.

Hypothetical-deductive

Type of research based on observing reality to make a hypothesis, then use deduction to obtain a conclusion and finally verify or reject it through experience.

Primary and secondary.

Types of research according to sources of information.

Documentary/cabinet, field, laboratory, mixed-method.

Types of research according to how data is obtained.

Documentary/cabinet research.

Type of research that gathers data from based on a systematic review of existing sources of information on a particular subject.

Field research.

Type of research that gathers data directly from the location the phenomena occurs.