Descriptive research does not fit neatly into the definition of either quantitative or qualitative research methodologies, but instead it can utilize elements of both, often within the same study. The term descriptive research refers to the type of research question, design, and data analysis that will be applied to a given topic. Descriptive statistics tell what is, while inferential statistics try to determine cause and effect.
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In my opinion, I would definitely say YES. I feel, descriptive study design all together is a different track and it can be compared to a meta analysis. Both requires maturity and adequate knowledge to understand the concept, create a new design and carry on the proceedings.
I have just seen the question in the list... and have just discussed with the students today. Though it is true that sometimes descriptive studies per se are needed, but in most cases they are more likely to become a starting stage of some other study design.
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Thanks for your response Ms. Andreeva. Could you please explain in detail on how descriptive study become a starting stage of other study design?
Descriptive studies should become a source for further hypotheses related to causality. Like descriptive epidemiology considers the questions who, when and where and gives food to analytic epidemiology, good description of the study sample in a good article usually shows where to go with bivariate and multivariate analysis.
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