SUB-TYPES OF RESEARCH

• Historical research. A rational explanation for, or the causes

of, a particular event.
• Descriptive research is research that is done to describe a
phenomenon. It is concerned with who/ what is not how, why,
when.
• Correlational research is aimed at searching for a relationship between
different types of data
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• Evaluation research involves the application of interventions
to identify the shortcom­ings or usefulness of a program.
• Participatory research is research that emphasizes community
participation.
• Action research is done during the course of an activity to
improve the approaches of that activity
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• Experimental research is the systematic manipulation of
experimental conditions or situations in which external
influences are controlled or excluded.
• Explanatory research entails the identification of why
something is the way it is.
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• Ethnographic Research. It attempts to describe group
behavior and interactions in social settings.
Studies can be in every field that related to education such as;
• Education of Backward persons.
• Free and compulsory education
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• Drop-out rate, Equal opportunities, Vocationalisation
• Curriculum decolonization, Education management
• Sociology of Education.
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