Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
Consider the question 'Why does stressful living result in heart attacks?' Such questions look at the relationship between two aspects of a situation, namely the 'how' and the 'why'. Which kind of research helps in this situation?
AExploratory research
BDescriptive study
CEthnographic research
DExplanatory research ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Explanatory research — Questions of how and why are answered by explanatory research, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Questions of how and why are answered by explanatory research, so that is the answer.
★Explanatory research seeks the reasons behind a phenomenon.
★So it addresses the how and the why, such as why stressful living leads to heart attacks.
★Exploratory research opens up a little-known problem but does not settle the how and why.
★A descriptive study pictures what exists without explaining the underlying reason.
★Ethnographic research studies a culture in its setting, so the how-and-why question is answered by explanatory research.
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