PURPOSE OF A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

BASIC RESEARCH
 APPLIED RESEARCH
 BASIC RESEARCH APPLIED RESEARCH

PRIMARY When it When it

CRITERION discovers new contributes to the
OF SUCCESS phenomena or solution of a
new ideas of specific practical
general interest problems
 AIM OF RESEARCH
•Shapes •Provides
social and means for
political solving task or
values and problems set
by the politics
goals
 SOCIAL EFFECTS OF RESEARCH

Discovery of Solutions to
new practical problems
phenomena It is an instrument
and new ideas in the service of
of general its patron
interest
• Has a direct and • Helps interpret and
dramatic effect by refine the patrons
discovering new problems to make
threatening them researchable
problems and thus and then
immediately investigates
setting a new possible solutions
political agenda
THREE TYPES OF RESEARCH

Exploratory Research
Descriptive Research
Explanatory Research
 EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
Is often conducted in new areas of inquiry where the
goals of the research are
oTo scope out the magnitude or extets of a particular
phenomenon, problem or behavior
oTo generate some initial ideas
oTo test the feasibility of undertaking a more extensive
study regarding a phenomenon
 DESCRIPTIVE METHOD
•Directed at making a careful
observation and detailed
documentation of a
phenomenon of interest
EXPLANATORY RESEARCH
•Seeks explanation of the observed
phenomena, problems, or behaviors.
•Seeks to answer the how and why of the
research. It attempts to connect the dots in
research by identifying casual factors and
outcomes of the target phenomenon