Quantitative or Qualitative Research

It is concerned in discovering facts about a social phenomena and assumes a fixed and measurable reality

It tends to be associated with small-scale studies and a holistic perspective, often studying a single occurrence or small number of occurrences/case studies in great depth.

This research puts emphasis on proof, rather than discovery

Data are analysed by themes from different descriptions of the informants

This research requires a large number of respondents. It assumes that the larger the sample is, the more statistically accurate the findings are

It assumes a dynamic and negotiated reality

Correlational is conducted by researchers whose aim would be to find out the direction and/or relationship between different variables or groups of respondents under study

Methodological is the implementation of a variety of methodologies that forms a critical part of achieving the goal of developing a scaled-matched approach, where data from different disciplines can be integrated

One characteristic of this research that its method can be repeated to verify findings in another setting, thus, reinforcing validity findings

In these experiments it filters out external factors, if properly designed, and so the results gained can be seen, as real and unbiased