Understanding Business Research Terms and Concepts: Part 2

Which type of research design- exploratory, descriptive, or causal-is appropriate for the following examples? Explain why.

The goal of this research is to discover the real nature of the problem and to suggest new possible solutions or new ideas. Exploratory research design because the real nature of the problem is not clearly defined which allows the research design to find the best possible solution.

A food manufacturer wants to know the demographics of people who purchase organic foods. Descriptive research design because the data collected about the demographics of the people will be used to determine whom purchase organic foods by use of statistics and will not give a reason why they use.

A firm is considering hiring...