Characteristics of Research

1. Controlled. It minimizes effects of other factors affecting research.
2. Rigorous. Procedures are followed are relevant, appropriate, and justified.
3. Critical. Process of investigation must be fool proof and free from drawbacks. The process must be able to withstand critical scrutiny.
4. Valid and verifiable. Findings are correct and can be verified by you and others.
5. Empirical. Conclusions are based upon hard evidence collected from real life experiences.
6. Systematic. Follows a certain logical sequence.

Types of Research

• From the perspective of application

1. Pure. Involved in developing and testing theories and hypothesis or may or may not have practical application at the present time or in the future.
2. Applied. Research techniques, procedures, and methods. These are applied to various aspects of situations, issues, problems or phenomenon.

• From the perspective of objective

1. Descriptive. Attempts to describe a situation, problem, phenomenon, service, or program.
2. Correlational. To discover or establish the existence of a relationship between two or more aspects of a situation or phenomenon.
3. Exploratory. Also called as a feasibility study or pilot study. Carried out to investigate the possibilities of understanding a particular research study.
4. Explanatory. Attempts to clarify why and how there is a relationship between two aspects of a situation or phenomenon.

• From the perspective of type of info sought

1. Qualitative. Purer or descriptive. The purpose of the study is to describe a situation phenomenon, problem, or event.
2. Quantitative. Analysis is geared to ascertain the magnitude of the variation.