Types of education research

Generally there are three types of research design: quantitative design, qualitative design, and mixed methods design.

Quantitative Research Design:Measured and express in terms of quantity. Expression of a property or quantity in numerical terms. Quantitative Research Design helps in precise measurement, knowing trends or changes overtime, comparing trends.

Qualitative Research Design:Involves quality or kind, helps in having insight into problem or cases.

Mixed Research Design: The type of research in which a research or team of researchers combines elements of qualitative and quantitative research approaches (e.g., use of qualitative and quantitative viewpoints, data collections, analysis, inference techniques) for the broad purposes of breadth and depth of understanding and corroboration.