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Exploratory research

Exploratory research is "the preliminary research to clarify the exact nature of the problem to be solved." It is used to ensure additional research is taken into consideration during an experiment as well as determining research priorities, collecting data and honing in on certain subjects which may be difficult to take note of without exploratory…

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related to Bibliography · 37
Exploratory research → American Institute, Behavior, CA, Conduct More, Design, Druker, Gapinski, Investigating, It, Journal, LaPelle, Nutrition Education, Obesity, Open, Osganian, Pbert, Physics, Pine Forge Press, Qual Quant, Rangarajan
related to Applied research · 4
Exploratory research → Applied, In, Qualitative, There

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research exploratory hypothesis used qualitative methods social data often hypotheses may also without studies use theory useful gain insight results

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reviewing available literature and/or datainformal qualitative approachesinstance ofsecondary research -0.80text
such as discussions with consumersinstance ofsecondary research -0.80text
employeesinstance ofsecondary research -0.80text
management or competitorsformal qualitative research through in-depth interviewsinstance ofsecondary research -0.80text
focus groupsinstance ofsecondary research -0.80text
projective methodsinstance ofsecondary research -0.80text
case studies or pilot studiesAccording to Stebbinsinstance ofsecondary research -0.80text
Google Trends track comprehensive search results over lengthy periods of timeresearchers may set up websites to attract worldwide feedback on any subjectWhen research aims to gain familiarity with a phenomenon or to acquire new insight into it in order to formulate a more precise problem or to develop a hypothesisinstance ofRSS feeds efficiently supply researchers with up-to-date informationservices such as Google Alerts may send major search-engine search results by email to researchersservices0.80text
exploratory studiesinstance ofRSS feeds efficiently supply researchers with up-to-date informationservices such as Google Alerts may send major search-engine search results by email to researchersservices0.80text
case study or field research are often used in exploratory research.There are three types of objectives in a marketing research projectinstance ofQualitative research methods0.80text
Exploratory researchrelated to Applied researchApplied0.60section
Exploratory researchrelated to Applied researchIn0.60section

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