Abstract— This article aims to introduce readers to a distinctive approach to health research when the topic under investigation.

In this chapter, we discussed three major types of research designs, such as exploratory, descriptive and causal research designs.

Exploratory research typically seeks to create hypotheses rather than test them. Data from exploratory studies tends to be qualitative. Examples include brain-.

Exploratory descriptive as the research design allowed the writer to explore and describe the phenomena. (Brink & Wood, 1998) and enable the writer to provide a ...

Classification of Research. Contents. 2. Basic and Applied Research. 3. Descriptive, Explanatory and Exploratory Research. 4. Qualitative and Quantitative ...

This article aims to introduce readers to a distinctive approach to health research when the topic under investigation has received little previous attention.

The research designs can be divided into four types viz. descriptive, diagnostic exploratory and experimental. • Whichever type of research design the ...

3.3.1 Exploratory Research Design. 3.3.2 Descriptive/Diagnostic Research Design. 3.3.3 Experimental Research Design. 3.3.4 Quasi-Experimental Research Design.

This chapter will start with defining research design, classifying various designs and explaining the difference between exploratory and conclusive research ...

By the end of this session, you should be able to: ▫ Identify the elements of research design. ▫ Understand the need to achieve methodological coherence.