Session 1 -- Classification of research topics

From list of MSc/B Ed research abstracts at http://www.cite.hku.hk/alumni/dissertation/

Quantitative Research

Descriptive Research:
e.g. 02C17 (Reason: hypotheses are created beforehand)

Correlational Research:
e.g. 02L19 (Reason: study for the relation of two variables)

Causal-comparative Research:
03Y12 (Reason: it is used to find out the cause and effect, and one of the variables is independent.)

Experimental Research:
e.g. 02L20 (Reason: an experimental group and a control group are used to do experiment)

Qualitative Research

Historical Research:
e.g. 02C19 (Reason: documents are collected and observation is used to test hypotheses)

Naturalistic Research:
e.g. 02C12 (Reason: it is done by case study)