1. Seminar on
Presented by,
S.ARUN JOSEPH.
M.L.I.Sc
D.L.I.S.
University of Kerala.

3. “A research design is the
arrangement of conditions for
collected and analysis of data in
a manner that aims to combine
relevance to the research
purpose with economy in
procedure.”

4. ♫ In fact , the research
design is the conceptual
structure within which
research is conducted ; it
constitutes the blue print
for the collection ,
measurement and analysis
of data.

5.  Exploratory type research
design
 Descriptive type research
design
 Diagnostic type research
design
 Experimental type research
design

6. Explorative research studies are
also termed as formulative
research studies
Exploratory study is a
systematic scientific approach
which enables a social scientist
to determine whether an idea is
in reality or not

7. Explorative studies can provide
ideas , hypothesis , suggestions
that might never occur to the
social scientist sitting in an
office and mediating over the
problem
More flexible
Done in the field whether there
is little knowledge is available

8.  The exploratory method ,
according to Katz , “ represents
the earlier stage of science “
 This significant observation
implies that all sciences must
have at the beginning had an
approach which has purely
exploratory.

9.  Inorder to attain research
objectives the exploratory method
, as suggested by Selltiz et.al . ,
should adopt the following steps :
 Review of related social science
and another pertinent literature ,
one of the simplest ways of
economizing effort in an enquiry ,
is to review the work already alone
by others

10.  Survey of people who had
partial experience with the
problem to be studied :
persons by virtue of the
nature of their jobs are in a
position to throw light on
the subject matter of
interest of the investigator.

11.  The analysis of insight stimulating
examples : social scientists working
in an area which is yet to be
explored , which incidentally is the
usual experience of an innovative
social scientist , have found the
intensive study of the selected
samples to be particularly fruitful
method of stimulating insight

12.  Katz has conceptualized exploratory
studies at two levels ;
 The first is the discovery of the
significant variable in the situation
 The second is the discovery of
relationship between variables
 It is imperative for the investigator to
delimit the area to be studied
specially at the first level

13.  Exploratory studies which do not sets
limits for themselves have limits
imposed by various practical matters
 Mostly the results obtained through
the explorative study are to be
treated as a sign post for future and
further study in the same or similar
direction
 For this reason , they are also known
as formulative studies

16.  It’s ability to generate many
ideas that could be further
explored in more controlled
conditions , apart from
overcoming the most difficult
portion of enquiry , which is
it’s initiation

17.  Exploratory research is a type of
research conducted for a problem that
has not been clearly defined
 Helps determine the best research
design, data collection method and
selection of subjects
 Exploratory research is not typically
generalizable to the population at large.

18.  It should draw definitive
conclusions only with
extreme caution. Given its
fundamental nature,
exploratory research often
concludes that a perceived
problem does not actually
exist.

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Methods and techniques. 2nd ed. New Delhi :
New age international ltd , 2004.
 Hasouneh , Abdel Baset I . Research
methodology . Jaipur : Sublime publications .
2003.
 Sharma , BAV, ed .Research methods in social
sciences . New Delhi : Sterling publishers .
1984.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploratory_resear
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