Title: Descriptive Research - Characteristics, Methods, Examples, Advantages
Headings: Descriptive Research – Characteristics, Methods, Examples, Advantages
Descriptive Research – Characteristics, Methods, Examples, Advantages
Characteristics of Descriptive Research
1. Statistical Outcome
2. The basis for secondary research
3. Unrestrained variable
4. Natural setting
5. Cross-sectional study
Methods of Descriptive Research
1. Case study method
2. Observational Method
3. Survey Research
Examples of descriptive research
Advantages of descriptive research
Disadvantages of descriptive research

Content: Therefore, descriptive research methods are not suitable for determining cause and effect relationships. Descriptive methods mainly depend on the responses of people. There are chances that people might not act their true selves if they know they are being observed. In the case of the survey method, there are chances that some people don’t answer the questions honestly, which makes the output of the descriptive research study invalid. Because the results derived from this type of data will not be accurate. Another problem associated with descriptive research is the halo effect. A researcher might get partial if he knows the participant personally. The observations made in this way would be considered invalid. In descriptive research methods, participants are picked randomly. The randomness of the sample can’t represent the whole population accurately.