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Descriptive and Explanatory research

5 years ago in Research Methodology By Amrita Goyal

Research Methodology

I will directly come to my question which is, What is the difference between Descriptive and Explanatory research?

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By Aanchal S Answered 5 years ago

I found this presentation on Prezi which explains, in brief, the difference between the two research: https://prezi.com/ubjig7nqaaqd/exploratory-descriptive-and-causal-research-designs/ – You should definitely go through it!

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By Varun T Answered 5 years ago

If your study is answering the questions in the line of ‘What is going on?’ then the study is descriptive and if the questions are in why form then the study is explanatory. It is the most simple trick that you can use to differentiate between both of them.

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