PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

(2ND WEEK)
Activity Sheet No. 1

OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the various types of research
2. Give examples of the various types of research
3. Familiarize the importance of the different types of research

Instructions: Identify the specific type of research for each given topic written below writing the letter in the
correct column. Then, write the importance of such research in your day-to-day life on the blanks provided.

Action Pure Applied Descriptive Explanatory Correlation

a. Theory of Relativity

Importance: ________________________________________________________________

b. Outside Campus Street Foods

Importance: ________________________________________________________________

c. Landline vs. Cellphone

Importance: ________________________________________________________________

d. Reasons Behind Increases in Unwanted Pregnancy

Importance: ________________________________________________________________

e. Philippines Flash Flood Solutions

Importance: ________________________________________________________________

f. College Assessment Practices

Importance: ________________________________________________________________

g. The Why and How of Internet Use

Importance: ________________________________________________________________

h. Effects of Korean Telenovelas on Filipino TV Viewers

Importance: ________________________________________________________________

i. Digital Age

Importance: ________________________________________________________________

j. Teaching Through PowerPoint Presentations

Importance: ________________________________________________________________

k. Archimedes’ Principle of Buoyancy

Importance: ________________________________________________________________
 PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

Activity Sheet No. 2

Instructions: In the space provided, complete the graphical presentation of the classification and types of
research.

Research

Based on Propose

Pure
Research

Exploratory
Descriptive
Research
Research
 TWO MAIN TYPES OF RESEARCH
Pure research is carried out to generate new human knowledge. To uncover new facts or fundamental
principles you need pure research. The researcher wants to advance in a specific field, for example,
neuroscience, by answering a specific question, such as “Why do humans sleep?” Pure research is based on
experimentation and observation. The results of your research are published in peer-reviewed journals. This
is science. Rigorous standards and methodologies exist to preserve objectivity and ensure the credibility of
conclusions. (Things get squishy when corporations fund ostensibly pure research, as they frequently do.)

Applied research borrows ideas and techniques from pure research to serve a specific real-world goal. Goals
are like creating a super soldier or improving the quality of hospital care or finding new ways to market any
product. While ethics are as important, and methods can be more relaxed. By this, I meant changing the
questions you ask while doing a study, or making the most of an imperfect sample group because you’re tight
on time. Your research is successful only to the extent that it adds to the stated goal. As with pure research,
sometimes you accidentally discover something valuable you weren’t even looking for, and that’s a fantastic
bonus.

TYPES OF RESEARCH
General Types of Educational Research

 Descriptive — survey, historical, content analysis, qualitative (ethnographic, narrative,

phenomenological, grounded theory, and case study)
 Associational — correlational, causal-comparative
 Intervention — experimental, quasi-experimental, action research (sort of)

 Descriptive Research as the name suggests describes any situation, phenomenon or situation.
Descriptive research is simpler than other forms of research. It may describe the conditions of black
Americans, academic structure of a university in any place, the living conditions of war-affected people or the
needs of special people.
 Exploratory Research is undertaken to find out the feasibility of any research study. In many studies,
researchers undertake small studies before they start the actual study. This small study is also called as the
pilot study. Pilot study or exploratory study suggests whether it will be feasible to undertake the actual study.
 Explanatory Research explains why or how there is a relationship between two or more than two
aspects. For example, if in one of correlational study a researcher has concluded that consumption of junk
food causes cancer and heart diseases, in exploratory research the researcher will study why junk food causes
cancer and how it causes cancer. The researcher will focus on the main elements in junk food that causes such
diseases or any other possible reasons.
 Correlational Research determines correlation between two or more than two situations, phenomenon,
people or aspects. Many studies are correlational. For example studying the relationship between drug intake
and cancer, divorce and children grooming, early marriages and childbearing are all correlational researches.

MAJOR TYPES OF RESEARCH

Quantitative Research study seeks information that can be quantified and accurate and exact results can be
obtained. The quantitative research is undertaken using quantitative variables, tools, techniques, and
procedures.
Qualitative Research is in most cases a descriptive research. The purpose of this sort of research is to describe
a situation, phenomenon or problem. Qualitative research tools, procedures, and measurement scales are used
in qualitative research.