This document defines and provides examples of different types of research methods, including primary research, secondary research, quantitative research, qualitative research, market research, and objective vs. subjective research. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each method. For example, it notes that primary research allows you to gather customized information through methods like interviews and focus groups, but it can take a long time, while secondary research provides existing information without needing to generate new data, but the information may be difficult to find.

1. Oliver Frost

2.  Circulation
 How many times a copy of product has been distributed.
 Hits
 The many times a webpage has been viewed.
 Box Office Figures
 The money made from the movie in cinemas.
 Ratings
 The way something is rated like 7/10 or 87%.
 Sales
 How many times people have bought the project.

3.  Definition
 All the research you have done by yourself.
 Advantages
 You can research the information that you need for
work.
 Ask any other questions during and interview.
 Disadvantages
 Research can take a long time to set up and then you
have to gather and present your results.
 Finding right people to ask can be difficult.
 Example
 Focus Groups

4. Definition
 Learning research that has already existed.
Advantages
 You don’t need to add anything towards the
information as the research has been already
done.
Disadvantages
 Research could be hard to find.
Example
 Internet Research

5. Definition
 Research you can measure and put into numbers
like percentages, fractions and numbers.
Advantages
 It means that you can see which gets the better
side and is shown accurately with numbers.
Disadvantages
 It can never be correct as it changes all the time.
Example
 Pie Charts

6.  Definition
 Using research to find out opinions, beliefs and
reasoning in full texts or discussions.
 Advantages
 You can compare with different opinions to make
you and then compare to your own opinion.
 Disadvantages
 There are a lot of opinions and beliefs about
different things around the world and could be
hard to take some away.
 Example
 Interviews

7. Definition
 Researching who buys the product.
Advantages
 Able to find out who likes and dislikes the
product.
Disadvantages
 Could be very time consuming.
Example
 Reviews

8.  Definition
 Researching about the market place and where it
is sold.
 Advantages
 Can measure your reputation against other
companies.
 Disadvantages
 Time consuming
 Example
 Questionaire

9.  Definition
 Researching information and resources to produce
some media.
 Advantages
 It can help you decide what technology to use so
you have the best product at the best price.
 Disadvantages
 It could be very expensive and you would have to
do lots of research.
 Example
 The making of a film.

10.  Objective
 Finding out something that is not influenced by
personal feeling or opinions.
 Subjective
 Finding out that it is influenced by personal feelings
and opinions.
 Valid
 If there research is able to answer the intended
question.
 Reliable
 Is the research viable and provides consistent results.

11. Name of the film being researched; Jurassic Park
1. Steven Spielberg (1993) Jurassic Park film (Production
company: Amblin Entertainment)
2. Michael Crichton (1990) Jurassic Park book
3. Universal Studios Inc. (2008) Jurassic Park website
http://www.jurassicworld.com/
4. Tom Bierbaum (2013) Return to Jurassic Park comic
(Volume 5 Issue 5-9)