See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360453700
TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Presentation · May 2022
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26130.94407
CITATIONS
READS
0
17,339
1 author:
Sourav Mahato
Mahatma Gandhi Central University
15 PUBLICATIONS 9 CITATIONS
SEE PROFILE
Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects:
Capacity Building Programme View project
All content following this page was uploaded by Sourav Mahato on 08 May 2022.
The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file.
TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH
Sourav Mahato
Ph.D Scholar
Department of Educational Studies
School of Education
Mahatma Gandhi Central University
Session : 2020-21
Enrolment No. : MGCU2020EDUC6010
Educational Research
Educational research is the formal, systematic
application of the scientific method to the study of
educational problems.
[Gay, L. R. (2012). Educational research. Pearson, p. 5.]
Major Types
(Classification by Purpose)
Educational
Research
Fundamental
or Basic
Research
Applied
Research
Action
Research
[Best, J. W. & Kahn, J. V. (2006). Educational research. Pearson,
p. 23.]
Fundamental or Basic Research
Fundamental or Basic Research is the formal and
systematic process of deductive-inductive analysis,
leading to the development of theories.
[Best, J. W. & Kahn, J. V. (2006). Educational research.
Pearson, p. 24.]
Applied Research
Applied research adapts the theories developed
through fundamental research to the solution of
problems.
[Best, J. W. & Kahn, J. V. (2006). Educational research.
Pearson, p. 24.]
Action Research
Action research, which may fail to attain the rigorous
qualities of fundamental and applied research, attempts
to apply the spirit of scientific method to the solution
of problems in a particular setting, without any
assumptions about the general application of findings
beyond the situation studied.
[Best, J. W. & Kahn, J. V. (2006). Educational research.
Pearson, p. 24.]
Classification of Educational Research
by Method/Approach
Educational
Research
Quantitative
Research
Approaches
Qualitative
Research
Approaches
Mixed
Methods
Research
Quantitative Research Approaches
Quantitative research approaches are applied
to describe current conditions, investigate
relations, and study cause–effect phenomena.
[Gay, L. R. (2012). Educational research. Pearson,
p. 7.]
Quantitative Research Approaches
 Descriptive Research
 Survey Research
 Correlational Research
 Causal-Comparative Research
 Experimental Research
Qualitative Research Approaches
Qualitative research seeks to probe deeply
into the research setting to obtain in-depth
understandings about the way things are, why
they are that way, and how the participants in
the context perceive them.
[Gay, L. R. (2012). Educational research. Pearson, p. 7.]
Qualitative Research Approaches
 Historical research
 Ethnography
 Phenomenology
 Grounded theory
 Case study
 Narrative research
 Ethnomethodology
Mixed Methods Research
Mixed methods research is a procedure for
collecting, analyzing, and “mixing” both quantitative
and qualitative methods in a single study or a series
of studies to understand a research problem.
[Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational research. Pearson, p.
535.]
Mixed Methods Research
 Explanatory
 Exploratory
 Parallel
 Embedded
 Multiphase
[Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational research. Pearson, pp.
534-547.]
View publication stats