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Types of Exploratory Research

Different types of exploratory researches are

Literature Survey

Experience Survey and

Study of problems to have an insight

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Literature Survey

Literature surveyis a study involving a collection of

literatures in the selected area of research in which the

researcher has limited experience, and critical

examination and comparison of them to have better

understanding.

Example:

Review of wholesale price index, demographicanalysis, cross comparison of census details of different

countries etc.

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Experience Survey

Experience survey is a survey of experience of

experts or specialists in a particular field which will act

as a database for future research. This survey gathers the

experience of specialists in terms of their skill andknowledge which have been developed over a period of

time, or through other studies.

Example:

Bidding of tenders, Technology forecasting,

Materials planning, Manpower planning, Portfolio

management, Product pricing etc.

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Study of insight stimulating examples

This is a special kind of study oriented

to have insight into research topics. Thiskind of study mainly case study oriented.

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Definite answers cannot be produced by

exploratory research. It has very few guidelines

to follow so that it is difficult to conduct.Exploratory research is not typically

generalizable to the population at large.

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Goal of exploratory research

Familiarity with basic details, settings and

concerns.

Well grounded picture of the situation be

developed.Generation of new ideas & assumption,

development of tentative theories or hypothesis.

Determine whether study is feasible in future.

Issues get refined for more systematic

investigation & formulation of new questions.

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Causal Research

If the objective is to determine which

variable might be causing certain behaviour, i.e.

whether there is a cause and effect relationship

between variables, causal research must be

undertaken. In other words causal research is

undertaken to see if there is a cause and effect

relationship between variables.

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Methods of Causal Research

There are two research methods forexploring the cause and effect relationship

between variables.

Experimentation or natural

experimentation.

Simulation

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Laboratory research allows the

researcher to control and\or eliminate anmany intervening variables as possible.

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simulation

Another way of establishing causality

between variables is through the use of

simulation.

A sophisticated set of mathematical formulaare used to simulate or imitate a real life

situation. By changing one variable in the

equation, it is possible to determine the effect on

the other variables in the equation.

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Classes of designs in natural

experiment

For the natural experiment there are

three classes of designs. They are

Time-Series and trend designs

Cross-Sectional designs and

A combination of the above two.

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