Different Types of Research Design

Introduction:
Business research is an important for decision making for hundreds of organizations across the world. Through there are many definitions of research design there is no definition that covers all activities and aspects of research design. Research is a systematic enquiry aimed at providing information that will solve managerial problems. Business research is defined as systematic enquiry that provides information to guide business in decision making. It is relatively new concept, compared to research on varied areas such as social sciences research. nlike the latter, which are supported financially by the state, business research is largely supported by business establishments. Business research results are deemed highly confidential, as any leakage of information may lead to severe losses to companies that have conducted the research.

THE MEANING OF B !INE!! RE!EAR"H DE!IGN:

Business research can be defined as the plan and structure of enquiry, formulated in order to obtain answers to research questions on business aspects. The research design outlines the actual research problem on hand and the process for solving it. ! good research design will clearly describe the techniques to be used for selecting samples, collecting data, managing costs and other aspects that are essential for conducting business research

Types of Research Design:

It is an very important to select an appropriate and specific research design before any research is begun. There are several research design approaches, which can be classified as ". #$ploratory research %. &escriptive research '. (asual research )e will discuss each of these methods.

E#p$oratory Research:

It includes techniques like secondary data analysis, e$perience surveys, focus groups and two stage designs. It is an initial research which analysis the data and investigates the possibility of obtaining as much relationship as possible between different variables without knowing their end ob*ective. This means that a general study will be conducted without having any specific end ob*ective e$cept to establish as many relationships as possible between the variables of a study.

E#a%p$e: +tudy of the problem to have an insight.

#$ploratory research can be conducted using both qualitative and quantitative techniques. ,ualitative techniques are mostly used for conducting e$ploratory research. +ome e$amples are in-depth interviews, pro*ective techniques, elite interviewing and document analysis. ! combination of these techniques gives rise to important e$ploratory techniques that are secondary data analysis, e$perience surveys and focus groups.

!econdary Data Ana$ysis.

The initial process of e$ploratory research is to look for availability of secondary data. .secondary data is that which is already available as a research carried out by others. The researcher can use that data as a strong basis for furthering research.

E#peri%enta$ Research:
It is design to assess the effects of particular variables on a phenomena by keeping the other variables constant. The factor which is influenced by other factor is called is called a dependent variables and the other factors which influenced it are known as independent variables.

E#a%p$e: !gricultural productivity i.e. (rop yield per hectare is a dependent variable
and the factors such as soil fertility, irrigation, quality of seed, manuaring and agricultural practice which influences the yield are independent variables.

Descripti&e Research.
! descriptive research is carried out with specific ob*ective. This research rise to describe the characteristics of the responding in relation to a particular product.

E#a%p$e: (onsider T./ as a product the degree of use of T./ varies with respective to
age, se$, income level and a profession of responded as well as place, time, and use.

"asua$ Research:
The basic aim of casual research is to identify the cause and effect relationship between variables. It is therefore essential for researchers to have a through knowledge of the sub*ect area of research.