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Simply To Extend Man's Knowledge Pure Research: Example

This document outlines and provides examples of different types of research: pure research aims to expand knowledge without addressing problems; applied research seeks solutions to issues; descriptive research statistically analyzes quantifiable data and impacts; correlational research examines relationships between factors; explanatory research identifies aspects that explain phenomena; exploratory research studies under-researched problems without definitive solutions; and action research examines perspectives on implemented changes.
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Simply To Extend Man's Knowledge Pure Research: Example

This document outlines and provides examples of different types of research: pure research aims to expand knowledge without addressing problems; applied research seeks solutions to issues; descriptive research statistically analyzes quantifiable data and impacts; correlational research examines relationships between factors; explanatory research identifies aspects that explain phenomena; exploratory research studies under-researched problems without definitive solutions; and action research examines perspectives on implemented changes.
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PURE

RESEARCH
- simply to extend
man’s knowledge
Example:
 What is the possible
cause of HIV?
 How do mushrooms
reproduce?
APPLIED
RESEARCH
- finding solutions to
problems
Example:
 How do I improve
agricultural crop
production?
 How do I minimize
trash in my
classroom?
DESCRIPTIVE
- statistical research
RESEARCH
- deals with everything
that can be counted
and measured which
has an impact on people
or communities.
Example:
 Finding the most
common and frequent
disease that affects
the children of a town.
CORRELATIONAL
RESEARCH
Example:
 more money = more
cars
 improved educational
level = lower crime
EXPLANATORY RESEARCH
Example:
 looking at work habits,
home environments,
college living
arrangements &
maturation levels to see
what aspect explains
why some students
choose to participate
in heavy drinking
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
- study a problem that
was not well-researched
- does not intend to
offer final & conclusive
solutions to existing
problems
ACTION RESEARCH

Example:
 How do teachers feel
about the new
curriculum?

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