Types of sociological research

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  1. 2. The most in-depth type of sociological analysis. Its aim is to provide explanations of the reasons that determine its nature and specificity. It focuses on Why questions.
  2. 4. A type of research designed to study all the units of analysis. Usually it is carried out to collect the information from a relatively small number of respondents (up to 500–700 people) in a limited space.
  3. 6. A type of empirical sociological research in which one or several units typical for a certain class of phenomena serves an object. The units are selected as typical ones based on the information available.
  4. 9. Type of research which is oriented to realize scientific questions “what is studied?” and “how is it studied?”
  5. 15. Type of research in which a researcher must rely on surveys, correlations, or case studies, and cannot demonstrate a true cause-and-effect relationship.
  6. 16. The simplest type of research. It is used to practice techniques and procedures: establish the required volume and quality of the random sample, clarify the content and number of questions in the questionnaire, time of the survey.
  7. 18. Type of research in which a researcher manipulates the variables and participants to identify a cause-and-effect relationship.
  8. 19. Type of research which is designed to find answers to Who? What? How? How many? Where? When? questions.
  9. 20. The most spread-out study in applied sociology. Its results help to make conclusions about the characteristics of the general population on the basis of learning its part.
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  1. 1. Type o research designed to explore. It is the first try to view the problem and used to gain information about the issue in hand.
  2. 3. Type of research which is designed to diagnose specific problems of the customer (society, social groups and communities) and work out practical recommendations to solve them.
  3. 5. Type of research is used to understand people’s opinions, idiosyncratic responses to an event, motivations, or underlying reasons for actions or decisions, uncover trends in thought and opinions, and dive deeper into the problem.
  4. 7. A type of research that provides the information about the state of an object and its characteristics at the moment of its study, or in statics.
  5. 8. A type of research that provides advanced understanding of the phenomena based on the results of a pilot or exploratory research.
  6. 10. Type of research which is used to quantify problems, attitudes, opinions, and other defined variables by generating the numerical data or the data that can be transformed into useable statistics.
  7. 11. Type of research which is conducted to gain new knowledge, uncover regularities and unknown social tendencies. Its purpose is not only to gather the data but provide a reliable testing of a theory.
  8. 12. Type of research which may be both qualitative and quantitative; it may be oriented to solve both theoretic and practical problems.
  9. 13. Type of research which is conducted to develop the conceptual apparatus of science, and provide advanced understanding about the social world
  10. 14. Researches that are conducted several times to consider the study object in development – its changes, trends etc.
  11. 16. Type of research which is conducted by the researchers themselves
  12. 17. This type of research is carried out when the information has already been collected by research organizations or marketers