2.+METHODOLOGIES

Research Methodology Comparison
 * Qualitative Research ||  ||   ||
 * || Case Study || An individual, program, or event is studied in depth for a defined period of time. ||
 * || Ethnography || An entire group that shares a common culture is studied for a lengthy period of time. ||
 * || Phenomenological Study || A study that attempts to understand people's perceptions, perspectives, and understandings of a particular situation. ||
 * || Grounded Theory Study || A prescribed set of procedures for analyzing data and constructing a theoretical model from them. ||
 * || Content Analysis || A detailed and systematic examination of the contents of a particular body of material for the purpose of identifying patterns, themes, or biases. ||
 * Historical Research ||  ||   ||
 * || External Evidence || A study that is concerned with the validity of the evidence. ||
 * || Internal Evidence || A study that is concerned with the validity of the source or author of the evidence. ||
 * Descriptive Research ||  ||   ||
 * || Correlational || A study that examines the variables or characteristics of one study to the variables or characteristics of another study. ||
 * || Developmental || A study that assesses and determines change over a period of time. ||
 * || Observational Studies || A study where observations are recorded of a subject in it's natural environment. ||
 * || Survey Research || A study of gathering information about one or more groups of people by asking them questions and tabulating their answers. ||
 * Experimental and Causal-Comparative Designs ||  ||   ||
 * || Pre-experimental Designs || A research method that forms a tentative hypotheses but needs follow up research. ||
 * || True Experimental Designs || A research method that randomly assigns people to testing groups; test, follow-up, and observe the outcome. ||
 * || Quasi-experimental Designs || Research that is conducted much lilke true-experimental, but the groups are not randomly assigned. ||