1. Descriptive Research I. OBJECTIVES The learners are expected to: a. Explain the purpose and characteristics of descriptive research. b. Differentiate survey and case study. c. Identify the different types of Descriptive research d. Discuss the advantage and disadvantages of Descriptive research e. Answer the drills correctly II. OUTLINE OF CONTENTS A. DEFINITION OF DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH B. CHARACTERISTICS OF DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH C. ADVANTAGES OF DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH D. DISADVANTAGES OF DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH E. TYPES OF DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH F. TECHNIQUES UNDER THE DESCRIPTIVE METHOD OF RESEARCH III. REFERENCES 1. Research Methods and Thesis Writing Second Edition Authors: Lawrentina Paler–Calmorin/...show more content... 2. It requires more skills. 3. The primary disadvantage is that you cannot identify the cause about the phenomenon. You can just describe and report the observations. 4. It is also carried with it an observer's paradox, if a participant knows that someone is observing the, they may change the way that they act. 5. The results can change over the period of time. TYPES OF DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH 1. Descriptive–survey – "This approach is appropriate wherever the object of any class varies among themselves and one is interested in knowing the extent to which different conditions obtain among these objects." (Good and Scates, 1972) Example: The Job–Related Problems and Performance of Staff Nurses in Private and Government Hospitals in Iloilo. 2. Descriptive–normative – "The term normative is sometimes used because surveys are frequently made to a certain the normal or typical condition or practice, or compare local test results with a

2. state or national norm" (Good and Scates, 1972) Example: A Study on the English Achievement of Fourth Year Secondary Students at the State Colleges and Universities in Region 7. 3. Descriptive–status – This approach to problem solving seeks to answer questions to real facts relating to existing conditions. This is a technique of a quantitative description which determines the prevailing conditions in a group of cases chosen for study. Example: A Study on the ...Get more content on HelpWriting.Net...

4. 9/11 Descriptive Writing The applause of lightning shakes me to the very core, the anticipation of what's to come and more. The pelting liquids, washing our sins away. Blocks of destruction tower over the flat rock where the toxic monsters prowl and roar. My black bag feels heavy against my pale, numb fingers. My damp hair sticks to my itchy neck, red with my groping long nails. Red bricks, wet and blurry, dark pavements, moist and slippery. Everything was doused in this unforgiving cold attack. Middle class shops were placed everywhere, conveniently providing shelter. Dark leaves shuddered violently against the harsh winds, birds no longer poised and positioned on long branches, where they used to sing. Click, clack. Click, clack. My shoes let out a silent echo...show more content... A knife had grazed it, given the thinness and deepness of it. A sharp one I suppose. If the victim was killed, then the killer might have at least disposed of the body. Another possibility is that he was in a rush, or someone caught him in the act. I picked up a brush, careful not to disturb the precious DNA contained in the delicate dark hairs. Bringing a knife to the fight, that's unfair, looks like the murderer took flight after blood was spilled. I grab the bottle that I refilled, took a big swig, and set it down on a dark wood coffee ...Get more content on HelpWriting.Net...