Exploratory Research Design Arun Joseph MLISc

Seminar on

“EXPLORATORY RESEARCH DESIGN”

Presented by,

S.ARUN JOSEPH.M.L.I.Sc

D.L.I.S.University of

Kerala.

W EL C O M E

S.ARUN JOSEPH.

M.L.I.Sc

INTRODUCTION

“A research design is the arrangement of conditions for collected and analysis of data in a manner that aims to combine relevance to the research purpose with economy in procedure.”

♫ In fact , the research design is the conceptual structure within which research is conducted ; it constitutes the blue print for the collection , measurement and analysis of data.

Different Research Designs Exploratory type research

design Descriptive type research

design Diagnostic type research

design Experimental type research

design

Exploratory Research Design

Explorative research studies are also termed as formulative research studies

Exploratory study is a systematic scientific approach which enables a social scientist to determine whether an idea is in reality or not

Explorative studies can provide ideas , hypothesis , suggestions that might never occur to the social scientist sitting in an office and mediating over the problem

More flexible Done in the field whether

there is little knowledge is available

The exploratory method , according to Katz , “ represents the earlier stage of science “

This significant observation implies that all sciences must have at the beginning had an approach which has purely exploratory.

Inorder to attain research objectives the exploratory method , as suggested by Selltiz et.al . , should adopt the following steps :

Review of related social science and another pertinent literature , one of the simplest ways of economizing effort in an enquiry , is to review the work already alone by others

Survey of people who had partial experience with the problem to be studied : persons by virtue of the nature of their jobs are in a position to throw light on the subject matter of interest of the investigator.

The analysis of insight stimulating examples : social scientists working in an area which is yet to be explored , which incidentally is the usual experience of an innovative social scientist , have found the intensive study of the selected samples to be particularly fruitful method of stimulating insight

Katz has conceptualized exploratory studies at two levels ;

The first is the discovery of the significant variable in the situation

The second is the discovery of relationship between variables

It is imperative for the investigator to delimit the area to be studied specially at the first level

Exploratory studies which do not sets limits for themselves have limits imposed by various practical matters

Mostly the results obtained through the explorative study are to be treated as a sign post for future and further study in the same or similar direction

For this reason , they are also known as formulative studies

WHEN EXPLORATIVE RESEARCH ?

Eff ect iveness

Advantage

It’s ability to generate many ideas that could be further explored in more controlled conditions , apart from overcoming the most difficult portion of enquiry , which is it’s initiation

CONCLUSION Exploratory research is a type of

research conducted for a problem that has not been clearly defined

Helps determine the best research design, data collection method and selection of subjects

Exploratory research is not typically generalizable to the population at large.

It should draw definitive conclusions only with extreme caution. Given its fundamental nature, exploratory research often concludes that a perceived problem does not actually exist.

REFERENCE

KOTHARI , C R. Research methodology : Methods and techniques. 2nd ed. New Delhi : New age international ltd , 2004.

Hasouneh , Abdel Baset I . Research methodology . Jaipur : Sublime publications . 2003.

Sharma , BAV, ed .Research methods in social sciences . New Delhi : Sterling publishers . 1984.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploratory_research

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