2. Research Types
Class Content
Activities
Questions
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3. Research Types are on the Basis
Intent ( Applied, Exploratory, Descriptive and Evaluation )
Methods ( Analytical, Survey, Experimental, Inductive and Deductive)
Approach ( Qualitative and Quantitative)
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4. Scientific Research vs Social Research
Scientific Research
Absolutism
Deterministic
Quantitative Study
Social Research
Relativism
Interpretavism
Probabilistic
Qualitative and Quantitative Research
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5. Types of Research
Fundamental Research (Scientific Theory Development, Social Research Theory,
Management Theory , scope: Generalisation)
Applied Research
Action Research
Exploratory Research
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6. Fundamental Research
Examples: Newton’s law of Motion
Kepler’s Theory on Planetary Motion
Maslow’s Theory of Need
Micahel Porter Five Force Model
It can be Qualitative or Quantitative
One needs to Genralise
Sole objective to develop Knowledge
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7. Applied Research
Applying fundamental Research Theory and Knowledge for the practical solution
There is scope of development of knowledge and theory to apply to solve day to
day problems
Marketing Research , Organisational Behaviour, Portfolio Management
It helps in solving immediate problems faced by society, industry and business
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8. Action Research
There is no scope for the development of theory
It is applied to solve the practical managerial and social problems
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9. Exploratory Research
First time encountering something one is trying to explore something
Follow Qualitative and Quantitative Research Method
Qualitative Research : Observation, Participatory Observation, in-depth interview
Focus Group discussion, Ethnonography, Phenomenology
Descriptive Research: Statistical and Graphical research
It helps in identifying the research problems, variables ( dependent and
independent variables)
Going through Literature review, secondary data
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10. Types of research
Correlational and Causal Research
Historical Research
Analytical and Decision Making Research
Conceptual and Empirical Research
Operational Research
Interdisciplinary Research
Longitudinal and Cross sectional
Qualitative and Quantitative
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11. Correlational and Causal Research
It test how one factor is influencing the other variables
Regression: simple regression, multiple regression, discriminate regression, logistic
regression, dummy regression
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12. Historical Research
Past event and ideas
Archaeological Research
Hermeneutical Study
Dialectics
Text Mining ( Tidy R) NLP
Content Analysis ( QCA analysis R Adrian Dusa)
Regression Marketing Research Bash and Malhotra
Multivariate Data Analysis by Anderson
Econometrics by Gujrati
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13. Analytical and Decision Making Research –
Action Based
Content analysis, Text mining, Statistical Analysis
Research for the purpose of Decision Making
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14. Conceptual Research and Empirical
Research
Conceptual
Literature Review
Developing Concept
Formulating new concepts and
indicating scope of development of
new theory
Philosophical
Rational means developing the
theories through reason
Empirical Research
Experimentation
Experiences
Data collection through senses,
observations, etc.
Test , re-testing
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15. Operations Research
Relating to Manufacturing, production, service operations
Supply chain and logistics research
Linear Programming
Transportation
Game theory
Integer and Binary integer programming
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16. Interdisciplinary and Group Research
Modern Days development
Behavioural finance- Medical Science
Behavioural Finance- Government Policy
Meditation-Human Resource Development
Physics- Maths – Finance- Behaviour
Psychology- Economics
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17. Longitudinal Research( Time series Temporal) vs
Cross (Spatial, Place)Sectional Research
Panel Data Analysis
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19. Activities: Go through The Papers identify the
different Research Type as Discussed
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=momentum+in+physics&oq=Mome
ntum+in+Phy
Relativistic thermodynamics: transverse momentum distributions in high-energy physics
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Newton%C3%A8s+Law+of+Motion
&btnG=
Designing computer games to help physics students understand Newton's laws of motion
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Communal+Harmony&btnG=
Download Paper Sufism and Communal Harmony
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=financial+portfolio+management&o
q=Financial+Portfolio
Financial portfolio management system and method
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20. Questions
What do you mean by Fundamental Research?
What do you mean by Qualitative research?
In what context example of Michael Porter Five force model is highlighted>
What do you mean by descriptive research?
What do you mean by exploratory research?
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