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The document outlines various types of research studies, including evaluation, action, social impact assessment, exploratory, descriptive, and explanatory research. Each type serves distinct purposes, such as assessing effectiveness, engaging in political action, predicting social changes, and providing detailed descriptions or explanations of phenomena. Additionally, it describes the steps involved in the research process, from selecting a topic to communicating findings.

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The document outlines various types of research studies, including evaluation, action, social impact assessment, exploratory, descriptive, and explanatory research. Each type serves distinct purposes, such as assessing effectiveness, engaging in political action, predicting social changes, and providing detailed descriptions or explanations of phenomena. Additionally, it describes the steps involved in the research process, from selecting a topic to communicating findings.

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INQUIRIES, INVESTIGATION AND IMMERSION

1.Evaluation Research Study


Is a study done to assess the effectiveness of a
program, policy or campaign. This type of applied
research is commonly conducted by organizations
such as business, schools, and government and
non-governmental organization to analyze the
effectiveness of their program.
2. Action Research Study
Is a type of applied research that "treats knowledge
as a form of power and abolishes the division
between creating knowledge and using knowledge
to engage in political action“.
The five major characteristics of an
action research study.
a. The people being studied are actively participating in the
research process.
b. The study includes ordinary or popular knowledge.
c. The research focuses on power issues.
d. The study wants to raise consciousness of people about
issues.
e. The research is connected to a plan or program of action.
3. Social Impact Assessment Research
Study
A social impact assessment research study gives the
possible effects or outcomes of a planned intervention
(e.g., projects) or probable changes that might happen in
the future. This form of applied study can be an
environmental assessment report of a program or project.
In this study, the possible changes that a project or an
intervention causes in the social environment are predicted.
Also, it provides solutions as to how those changes that
might affect people can be prevented.
INQUIRIES, INVESTIGATION AND IMMERSION
1. Exploratory Research
Most social research studies are conducted to explore a topic. A researcher looks into
a new area to identify a specific question that can be addressed in future research. It is
usually the first stage in a series of studies conducted by a researcher.

According to Earl Babbie (2013), exploratory research has the following purposes:
a. To satisfy the researcher's curiosity and desire for better understanding
b. To examine the viability of undertaking a more extensive study
c. To develop the methods to be used in future studies

Through exploratory research, reseachers become familiarized with the facts,


setting, and concerns. They create a general picture of the conditions. Also, they produce
new ideas and hypotheses.
2.Descriptive Research
They aim to describe situations and events. They answer the questions what, where,
when, and how. In descriptive research, the researcher observes and then provides a
description of what he or she has observed. The function of such research is to present a social
setting or a picture of a specific situation. Anthropological studies like ethnographies are
descriptive in nature; anthropologists observe in the field and document their observations as
part of their research.

Neuman (2007) provides the following functions of descriptive research:


a. Provides a detailed and accurate picture of the situation
b. Clarifies a sequence of steps or stages
c. Documents a causal process or mechanism
d. Reports on the background or context of a situation
3. Explanatory Research
The third purpose of social research is to provide explanations. In
explanatory research, the researcher answers the question
"why?“.
It identifies the sources of social behavior, beliefs, conditions, and
events. It documented causes, theories and reasons for the
existence of an event or situation.
Steps in the Research Process
Selecting a topic.

Communicating
Identifying the
research findings
research question
and results

Developing a
Interpreting data
research design

Carrying out a Gathering or


data analysis collecting data

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