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The goal of the research process is to produce new knowledge or deepen understanding of a topic or issue. This process takes three main forms (although, as previously discussed, the boundaries between them may be obscure):

* Exploratory research, which helps to identify and define a problem or question.
* Constructive research, which tests theories and proposes solutions to a problem or question.
* Empirical research, which tests the feasibility of a solution using empirical evidence.

There are two major types of empirical research design: qualitative research and quantitative research. Researcher ...more

Research Methods Books

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches
The Craft of Research
Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five Approaches
Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide through Qualitative Analysis (Introducing Qualitative Methods series)
The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers
Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes
Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook, 2nd Edition
Social Research Methods
Case Study Research: Design and Methods (Applied Social Research Methods)
The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research
Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research
Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods
InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples
The Practice of Social Research
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“ The person must utilize adequate quantitative and/or qualitative reasoning in order to solve both ill and well defined problems for his or her assigned tasks. ”
― Saaif Alam
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Carl Sagan
“ If we teach only the findings and products of science � no matter how useful and even inspiring they may be � without communicating its critical method, how can the average person possibly distinguish science from pseudoscience? ”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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