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Descriptive Research - Advanced Technical Writing

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Descriptive research aims to provide rich details about people, places, or phenomena without determining causation. It describes characteristics and data but cannot explain why characteristics occurred. Descriptive research is commonly used in fields like anthropology, sociology, psychology, and education. To conduct descriptive research, researchers choose a design like simple, comparative, or correlational research and develop case studies to illustrate phenomena without affecting subjects. Surveys and documentation of specific cases enrich descriptive studies.

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Descriptive Research Advanced Technical Writing
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What is a Descriptive Research? Descriptive research, also known as statistical research, describes data and characteristics about the population or phenomenon being studied. However, it does not answer questions about eg: how/when/why the characteristics occurred, which is done under analytic research.
What is a Descriptive Research? Although the data description is factual, accurate and systematic, the research cannot describe what caused a situation. Thus, Descriptive research cannot be used to create a causal relationship, where one variable affects another. In other words, descriptive research can be said to have a low requirement for internal validity.
Purpose of Descriptive Research The descriptive method of research design helps researchers plan and carry out descriptive studies, designed to provide rich descriptive details about people, places and other phenomena.
Purpose of Descriptive Research a descriptive research design can serve as a first step that identifies important factors, laying a foundation for more-rigorous research.
When is Descriptive Research used? This type of research is often associated with anthropology, sociology and psychology, but researchers in other fields, such as education, use it. This type of research is often associated with anthropology, sociology and psychology, but researchers in other fields, such as education, use it.
How to write Descriptive Research Recap : Descriptive research is a common method of qualitative research used in the social sciences and psychology to monitor the behavior of a subject without affecting that subject in any way.
How to write Descriptive Research TIP : It might be best to write the descriptive research design as you formulate your project. Like other qualitative methods of study, there are several designs to choose from.
Four Special Steps Step1 Step2 Step3 Step4
STEP ONE WHAT HOW WHY
STEP TWO Choose a descriptive research design for your study.
STEP TWO Simple Research Design Used to gather facts about a particular subject or group. Comparative Research Design Used to compare two or more groups Correlational Research design Used to determine the relationship between two or more variables.
STEP THREE Design a case study for your study. Case studies can augment whichever descriptive research design you use. Documenting specific and interesting cases in your research will enrich your study by illustrating what is happening and why.
STEP FOUR INCLUDE A SURVEY CONCISE Broad
Sources : http://www.ehow.com/how_7722711_writedescriptive-research-design.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_res earch http://www.ehow.com/how_7905125_descri ptive-method-research-design.html

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Descriptive Research - Advanced Technical Writing

  • 3. What is a Descriptive Research? Descriptive research, also known as statistical research, describes data and characteristics about the population or phenomenon being studied. However, it does not answer questions about eg: how/when/why the characteristics occurred, which is done under analytic research.
  • 4. What is a Descriptive Research? Although the data description is factual, accurate and systematic, the research cannot describe what caused a situation. Thus, Descriptive research cannot be used to create a causal relationship, where one variable affects another. In other words, descriptive research can be said to have a low requirement for internal validity.
  • 5. Purpose of Descriptive Research The descriptive method of research design helps researchers plan and carry out descriptive studies, designed to provide rich descriptive details about people, places and other phenomena.
  • 6. Purpose of Descriptive Research a descriptive research design can serve as a first step that identifies important factors, laying a foundation for more-rigorous research.
  • 7. When is Descriptive Research used? This type of research is often associated with anthropology, sociology and psychology, but researchers in other fields, such as education, use it. This type of research is often associated with anthropology, sociology and psychology, but researchers in other fields, such as education, use it.
  • 8. How to write Descriptive Research Recap : Descriptive research is a common method of qualitative research used in the social sciences and psychology to monitor the behavior of a subject without affecting that subject in any way.
  • 9. How to write Descriptive Research TIP : It might be best to write the descriptive research design as you formulate your project. Like other qualitative methods of study, there are several designs to choose from.
  • 12. STEP TWO Choose a descriptive research design for your study.
  • 13. STEP TWO Simple Research Design Used to gather facts about a particular subject or group. Comparative Research Design Used to compare two or more groups Correlational Research design Used to determine the relationship between two or more variables.
  • 14. STEP THREE Design a case study for your study. Case studies can augment whichever descriptive research design you use. Documenting specific and interesting cases in your research will enrich your study by illustrating what is happening and why.
  • 16. Sources : http://www.ehow.com/how_7722711_writedescriptive-research-design.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_res earch http://www.ehow.com/how_7905125_descri ptive-method-research-design.html