SyncSession Assignment!.

Information Security Change

University of Fairfax

Date : 07/11/2020.

Amar Koduri

A descriptive study

Descriptive research is the process of describing the research problems that are being studied. It mainly focuses on what the research problem is about. It is because of the reason that before investigating the research problem, the researcher must have a proper understanding of the research problem.

In research, a research site is a place where the researcher conducts the research. For example, if a researcher wants to determine the qualification of his employees, then he will survey on it and will mark each item on the survey as yes or no. So in the above-mentioned example, the research site can be any business organization, office, or farm. And the employees working over there are the targeted population that is chosen for the study.

In descriptive research, data can be gathered in multiple ways. For example, by answering survey questioners, conducting interviews, and field observation. It enables the reader in answering the survey questions, as survey questions identify the purpose of the research paper. By answering survey questions respondent comes to know about the kind of research the writer is looking for.

A relational study

The relational study investigates the relationship between two or more variables. The variables that are being investigated are already available in the group. This study does not examine that which variable is causing a change in another. Rather, it only predicts the cause of change, and further research needs to be conducted to determine the kind of cause of change.

In a relational study, the research site can be any context in which change in one can cause a change in others. For example, a public opinion poll that compares the proportion of males and females working at sites. The study essentially determines the aspiration of both genders.

In this example, the targeted population is the male and female of a community. And the problem is to determine the enthusiasm and ambition of both individuals.

The casual study

The casual study investigates the effect of one or more variables. It examines how the change in one variable can affect the other. It is conducted to know about the specific changes. Research site and population primarily depend upon the nature of the problem being investigated. As the casual study is based on experiments, therefore the research site in this study can be laboratories and fields where experiments are being performed. For example, the problem is to measure the progress in the production of workers after giving them practice on a new skill. The targeted populations in this study are the workers.

In a casual study, data is collected through various experiments. So the result of the research can be taken performing multiple experiments.

Finally, when it comes to choosing a research type three styles are important obiously, little hard to pick one however, old assignments and existing notes or experts guildelines will be more effective to choose a better study option. As a security person, I would prefer both descriptive study and casual study where research is deep and through various examples and experiments, proper documentation.

Reference

Causal Research: Identifying Relationships and Making Business Decisions through

Experimentation: Retrieved from: http://fluidsurveys.com/university/causal -

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Research Methods Knowledge Base by Prof William M.K. Trochim hosted by Conjoint.ly

Retrieved from: https://conjointly.com/kb/research-question-types/