Qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methods are the major types of research approaches our scientists fraternity use. Each of them have different role and purpose in conducting research. In this piece of writing, “Research methods: qualitative and quantitative” I will…
Not all the knowledge in the universe is known for everyone. And no person could ever be capable to solve every problems in this dynamic world. Hence, a systematic inquiry to search new things, or facts becomes inevitable. That scientifically…
Deductive and inductive reasoning are really essential to learn and master considering theirs usages in sensing the world around you. In the previous article, we learned the “reasoning” process that is about drawing conclusion on the basis of given premises…
Applied research methods is a kind of research aimed to address specific challenges in the real world settings. It crafts tailored solutions by using existing knowledge and theories through the means of scientific inquiry method. For this, it relies on…
Observation, experimentation and generalization are basic components of research method. Each term plays a crucial role in how researchers and individuals understand and interpret the world around them. Being the foundational components of research method, observation is defined as the…
Both research question and hypothesis are essential elements in research projects. In qualitative research, entire research revolves around the research question and often revisits while researching. On the other hand, in quantitative research, hypothesis is the most probable untested guess…
It is a kind of fundamental research relies on systematic investigation and can utilize both scientific approaches: qualitative and quantitative. Basic research method only focuses on developing new knowledge, theories and doesn’t play any direct role in immediate application to…
Conceptual research method is a kind of research that scholars conduct in a systematic manner right from research topic, question, building framework, etc. It belongs to qualitative research methods and rely on inductive approach of reasoning to reach at the…
Thesis is a kind of argument that intends to convince your readers of your point of view. It is a claim or declarative statement which expresses main point of research paper. In short, it is a position or claim of…
Hypothetico deductive research is a kind of scientific research method that combines forming hypothesis with Deductive reasoning. It plays very important role in testing theories and hypotheses. Comparative to other research methods, it is more versatile as it is commonly…