Research purposes
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Research involves systematic investigation of phenomena which we seek to explore, describe, explain, and predict.
[edit] Four purposes
Research can be conceptualised as exhibiting one or more of the following four purposes:
- Exploratory: e.g., discovering, uncovering, exploring
- Descriptive: e.g., summarising, gathering info, mapping
- Explanatory: e.g., testing and understanding causal relations
- Predictive: e.g., predict what might happen in various scenarios
These quiz questions provide some practical examples of research studies and their purpose.
