Types of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Designs and

Their Primary Uses

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1. Quantitative Research Designs Intervention or Non-Intervention

(Experimental, Correlational, and Survey Research)
2. Intervention Research Experimental Research
3. Experimental Research Explaining whether an intervention influences an outcome for one group as opposed
to another group.
4. Non-Intervention Research Correlational and Survey Research
5. Correlational Research Associating or relating variables in a predictable pattern for one group of individuals.
6. Survey Research Describing trends for a population of people.
7. Qualitative Research Designs Grounded Theory Research, Ethnographic Research, Narrative Research
8. Grounded Theory Research Exploring common experiences of individuals to develop a theory.
9. Ethnographic Research Exploring the shared culture of a group of people.
10. Narrative Research Exploring individual stories to describe the lives of people.
11. Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Mixed Method and Action Research
Research Designs
12. Mixed Method Research Combining quantitative and qualitative data to best understand and explain a research
problem.
13. Action Research Using quantitative and qualitative data for individuals to study education problems
that they face in their settings.