RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research can be classified by purpose or by method. If we categorise it by purpose, it would fall into two major categories: Basic Research and Applied Research, while in case of method, it would be deductive research and inductive research. Also called Pure or fundamental Research, it is undertaken for increase in knowledge. Studying the subject of research methodology is the common to almost all the postgraduate students those who want to undergo the academic research or field work. Research Methodology is a structured framework of conducting research in order to adders various issues and to solve problems in a scientific way. Explanatory research focuses on why questions. For example, it is one thing to describe the crime rate in a country, to examine trends over time or to compare the rates in different countries. It is quite a different thing to develop explanations about why the crime rate is as high as it is, why some types of crime are increasing or why the rate is higher in some countries than in others. This book reliable one stop reference on all issues pertaining to Research Methodology.