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To develop a technology, learning material, a drug etc. and testing its effectiveness through research.
Case Study
To study intensively the background, current status, and environmental interaction of a given social unit: an individual, a group, an institution or a community.
Causal Comparative
To investigate possible cause-and-effect relationships by observing some existing consequence and looking back though data for plausible causal factors.
Descriptive research
To describe systematically a situation or area of interest factually and accurately
Correlational research
To systematically investigate or statistically study the relationships among two or more variables, without necessarily determine cause and effect.
Ethnographic research
To study people, ethnic group and formations, resettlement, social welfare characteristics and culture
Experimental Research
To predict and control a phenomena and examine probability and causality among variables employing objective, systematic and controlled investigation or experiments
Quasi-experimental Research
To approximate the conditions of the true experiment in a setting which does not allow the control or manipulation of all relevant variables.
Historical Research
To analyze events that occurred in the remote of recent past
Action research
To develop new skills and approaches and to solve problems with direct application to the classroom, to the community or other applied settings.