Types of Research
This type of research focuses on statistical analysis and numerical data
What is Quantitive Research?
This research method uses the manipulation of variables to establish causation
What is experimental research? (experiments)
This type of research focuses on making observations and answers questions that cannot be measured with numbers.
What is Qualitative Research?
This research method uses large pools of data that were taken from a large number of participants. They are also said to be cost efficient and take minimal effort to make.
What are Surveys/Questionnaires?
What kind of research commonly uses interviews, case studies, and focus groups to answer questions?
Qualitative Research
This research method records accounts from one person at a time, and allows researchers to speak directly with the participant.
This kind of research collects data through surveys and experiments
Johnny is diagnosed with a very rare disease. He is one of the only people on Earth to have this illness. Researchers want to study him. What method would they use?
What is a case study?
A clinical trial of a new cancer drug studies it's effectiveness and impacts on patients. What kind of research would this be?
Before starting new research, researchers typically go through an important step, where they look at past studies, pull together what’s already known, and figure out what’s still missing to help shape their own research (knowledge gap). What research method is this?
What are literature reviews?