TYPES OF

RESEARCH
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 1. BASED ON APPLICATION
OF RESEARCH METHOD

a. Pure Research – deals with

concepts, principles, or
abstract things. It aims to
increase your knowledge about
something.
 1. BASED ON APPLICATION
OF RESEARCH METHOD

b. Applied Research – to apply

your chosen research to
societal problems or issues,
finding ways to make positive
changes in society.
 2. BASED ON PURPOSE
OF THE RESEARCH
a. Descriptive Research –
defining or giving portrayal or
picture of a person , thing,
event, group, situation, etc.
 2. BASED ON PURPOSE
OF THE RESEARCH
b. Correlational Research –
shows relationships or
connectedness of two factors,
circumstances, or agents called
variables that affect the research.
 2. BASED ON PURPOSE
OF THE RESEARCH
c. Explanatory Research –
elaborates or explains not just the
reasons behind the relationship of
two factors but also the way which
such relationships exists.
 2. BASED ON PURPOSE
OF THE RESEARCH
d. Exploratory Research – to
find out how reasonable or
possible it is to conduct a research
study on a certain topic.
 2. BASED ON PURPOSE
OF THE RESEARCH
e. Action Research – an
ongoing practice of a school,
organization, community or
institution for the purpose of
obtaining results that will bring
improvements in the system.
 2. BASED ON THE TYPES
OF DATA NEEDED
a. Qualitative Research –
requires non-numerical data to
express the results, the inquiry of
the investigation about people’s
thoughts, beliefs, feelings, views,
and lifestyles regarding the object
of the study.
 2. BASED ON THE TYPES
OF DATA NEEDED
b. Quantitative Research –
involves measurement of data. It
presents research findings
referring to the number of
frequency of something in
numerical forms (percentages,
fractions, numbers)
 DATA YOU DEAL
a. Primary Data
WITH – are obtained
RESEARCH
through direct observation or
contact with people, objects,
artifacts, paintings, etc. They are
new and original information
resulting from your sensory
experience.
 DATA YOU DEAL
WITH RESEARCH
b. Secondary Data – data which
have already been written about or
reported on and are available for
reading purposes.
APPROACHE
S TO
RESEARCH
 APPROACHES TO
RESEARCH
a. Scientific or Positive
Approach – discover and
measure information as well as
observe and control variables in an
impersonal manner. It allows
control of variables.
 APPROACHES TO
RESEARCH
b. Naturalistic Approach – uses
words to express data. These are
data that express truths about the
way people perceive or understand
the world.
 APPROACHES TO
RESEARCH
c. Triangulation Approach –
combining scientific and naturalistic
approach. You are free to gather and
analyze data using multiple methods.
It gives you opportunity to view
every angle of the research from
different perspectives.