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AN ASSIGNMENT ON
EXPLORATORY&DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS
Submitted On: 21.01.2010
Submitted To:
Dr. R. Nalini
Reader
Dept. Of Social Work
Pondicherry University
Submitted By:
Shameer K
1st Year
Dept. Of Social Work
Pondicherry University
INTRODUCTION
RD is d logical & systematic planning & directing d research. It spells what occur in d successive stages of d research. Any research work have common purpose of finding answers to meaningful qns,besides have its own specific purpose of study. Purpose of Social research r basically 3- Explore a new topic, Describe a social phenomenon & Explain y sth occurs. It is based on these specific purposes v can divide the RD- Exploratory, Descriptive rd & Explanatory rd. Here we are discussing ERD&DRD.
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH DESIGN
ERD is suitable when researcher is not familiar with the penomenon / community he want to study. So he aims to gain familiarity with new phenomenon / community. it’ll leads to new ideas and insights that help in understanding and formulating the development of hypothesis and for its more precise investigation. In ERD Development of hypothesis comes at end,it not test the hypothesis. ERD is flexible to permit consideration of many different aspects of a phenomenon. It is highly unstructured. We can understand t with a Doctor Analogy: when we approach a Dr with an illness he tries to be familiar with the patient&symptoms of disease.he is systematically exploring the complaints (using instruments,tests,questions...) and form a hypothesis tht the patient has this disease. The hypothesis is confirmed when the patient recovers after taking prescribed course of medicine. For example: A researcher wants to study social intersction patterns of PLHA,but knw little/nothing abt it,ERD is appropriate.
Methods of collecting info in ERD
a)Review of literature This is the Simplest&economic way to gain knowledge of unfamiliar phenomena. Here the work already done by
EXPLORATORY&DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS
Submitted On: 21.01.2010
Submitted To:
Dr. R. Nalini
Reader
Dept. Of Social Work
Pondicherry University
Submitted By:
Shameer K
1st Year
Dept. Of Social Work
Pondicherry University
INTRODUCTION
RD is d logical & systematic planning & directing d research. It spells what occur in d successive stages of d research. Any research work have common purpose of finding answers to meaningful qns,besides have its own specific purpose of study. Purpose of Social research r basically 3- Explore a new topic, Describe a social phenomenon & Explain y sth occurs. It is based on these specific purposes v can divide the RD- Exploratory, Descriptive rd & Explanatory rd. Here we are discussing ERD&DRD.
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH DESIGN
ERD is suitable when researcher is not familiar with the penomenon / community he want to study. So he aims to gain familiarity with new phenomenon / community. it’ll leads to new ideas and insights that help in understanding and formulating the development of hypothesis and for its more precise investigation. In ERD Development of hypothesis comes at end,it not test the hypothesis. ERD is flexible to permit consideration of many different aspects of a phenomenon. It is highly unstructured. We can understand t with a Doctor Analogy: when we approach a Dr with an illness he tries to be familiar with the patient&symptoms of disease.he is systematically exploring the complaints (using instruments,tests,questions...) and form a hypothesis tht the patient has this disease. The hypothesis is confirmed when the patient recovers after taking prescribed course of medicine. For example: A researcher wants to study social intersction patterns of PLHA,but knw little/nothing abt it,ERD is appropriate.
Methods of collecting info in ERD
a)Review of literature This is the Simplest&economic way to gain knowledge of unfamiliar phenomena. Here the work already done by
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