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Overview of Research Approaches

The document outlines four types of research approaches: erudition research which compiles existing knowledge; normative theory which explains how reality should be; prescriptive theory which determines the best methods to achieve goals; and evaluative theory which evaluates situations based on values and facts. Scientific research builds on existing knowledge to discover new knowledge objectively, while other approaches link values and facts in positive or normative ways or both.

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Overview of Research Approaches

The document outlines four types of research approaches: erudition research which compiles existing knowledge; normative theory which explains how reality should be; prescriptive theory which determines the best methods to achieve goals; and evaluative theory which evaluates situations based on values and facts. Scientific research builds on existing knowledge to discover new knowledge objectively, while other approaches link values and facts in positive or normative ways or both.

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Research Approaches

Research Approaches

Non-Scientific Research

Erudition
Research (What we know about X?):
Its aim is compiling knowledge available in various sources. It is
useful to gathering information related to a topic. Scientific
Research is also based on available knowledge but it additionally
tries to build new original knowledge.

Normative
Theory (What ought to be X?):
Its goal is to explain how the reality ought to be. However,
Scientific Research should be done from an objective/positive
perspective.

Scientific Research

Prescriptive
Theory (How to X?):
Its goal is knowing the most adequately methods to achieve a desired
situation. It links the Values with the Facts, and it can be
positive, normative, or both.

Evaluative
Theory (Has X the attributes Z?):
Its goal is evaluate a situation based on a set of concepts and
values. It links the Values with the Facts, and it can be positive,

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