One of the main research types used are questionnaires within primary research. questionnaires are effective for getting some of the information you need, as it is accurate because the people doing the questionnaire will express there're personal views and opinions on the specified topic given.
Another example of a main research type used are interviews. researchers use interviews to go in depth of there're research as they interact with the interviewee they will receive the opinions and views of the interviewee, this research is accurate. interviews are highly effective.
An advantage of primary research that information collected from questionnaire, are classes as evidence is accurate. researchers should be careful in how they ask a questions to get a in depth personal opinion, so that the person asked wont be plagiarising from anyone and also that the questions are not plagiarised.
Another advantage of primary research within interviewing is that the researcher will be interacting with the interviewee to collect and find out more. the information from an interview is accurate.
An disadvantage of primary research can be that it can very expensive to conduct your own research and time consuming.
Secondary research is used when an individual has conducted the research by using public library for books and the internet to use search engines and the newspapers for articles to collect information on a specified topic. All theses types of research are classed as secondary hand research.
A main resource for research is newspapers, by using newspapers the information is not only factual but accurate and is a way to find out more about a specific topic. you can use newspaper articles as evidence.
Another secondary research type are books. books are accurate and contain reliable information and also there are books about every specific topics. A good way to find a specific topic is to go to a local library also the individual can use the books as evidence.
An another research type is the internet, search engines like Google, MSN, Yahoo, Bling are good to find websites for a particular topic the research is researching. most websites are accurate and reliable but some websites for example Wikipedia can be not as reliable as it is open to the world to edit and change to false information, however Wikipedia have a good system as they go over everything changed and check accute if the information is accurate and true. a researcher can use websites with information as evidence.
An advantage of secondary research easily found and researched online through the internet and search engines make it more easier for a researcher for example Google. another advantage for secondary research the information is found easily and quickly less time consuming through newspapers, internet, books.
An disadvantage for secondary research is that some information given on the internet can be false due to false accurate blogs, websites, articles. also another disadvantage is through newspapers if there is a newspaper tabloid publishing this information can be unreliable, misleading and false.
Qualitative research is how detailed the research information is, for example if the information is primary or secondary research. an example of this is an interview, the researcher will be interacting and conducting the interview asking as much questions to get the most detailed information out of the interviewee as evidence.
An advantage of qualitative research is thats the researcher makes sure that they go in depth with there questions and use accurate research techniques to collect a detailed information from the candidates.
An disadvantage of the qualitative research is that it is very time consuming when researching the specific topics.
Quantitative research depends on the amount of research in the detail on the specific topic. an example of this method of research is an questionnaire, this method depends on the numeric value than the detailed value.
An advantage of quantitative research it can get a various range of information at once, it is also good for when a researcher is researching a large quantity value.
An disadvantage of quantitative research is that the research collected might not have enough detail to have a final result for the topic that the candidate has researched.
Methods of resarch incldue:
Manual reasearch/Primary resarch:
Primary research is viewed as more time consuming and exhausting to do. The other method of research is internet based, when the finder surfs the internet to look for existing documents, this is known as secondary research.
