Title: Exploratory Research Design: Definition, Types and Ways to Implement
Headings: Exploratory Research Design: Definition, Types and Ways to Implement
Exploratory Research Design: Definition, Types and Ways to Implement
What is Exploratory Research?
Types of Exploratory Research
Advantages and Disadvantages of Exploratory Research

Content: it can be characterized by specificity, target nature and controllability of information gathering processes. As for disadvantages, they are: exploratory research generally utilizes small sample sizes and, thus, findings are typically not generalizable to the population at large; the exploratory nature of the research inhibits an ability to make definitive conclusions about the findings. They provide insight but not definitive conclusions; the research process underpinning exploratory studies is flexible but often unstructured, leading to only tentative results that have limited value to decision-makers; design lacks rigorous standards applied to methods of data gathering and analysis because one of the areas for exploration could be to determine what method or methodologies could best fit the research problem. Consequently, exploratory research designs, unlike the descriptive research or casual, are often used to establish an understanding of how best to proceed in studying an issue or what methodology would effectively apply to gathering information about the issue.