Research

Introduction
Research is any attempt by a person to gain knowledge. This can be done through multiple ways, and people do it all the time in their every activities. There are many different research methods, and the number of methods is constantly increasing as technology continues to develop and advance forward. There are three main types of research methods:exploratory research, constructive research, and empirical research. There are two main types of research: primary research and secondary research.

Exploratory Research
Exploratory research, the first step in the research process, is researching a topic that does not have much information readily available on it. It is used to gain enough information to determine a problem. Exploratory research is very commonly used by economists.

Constructive Research
Constructive research is used to attempt to find solutions to a problem, which is found with exploratory research. Constructive research is the second step in is process.

Empirical Research
Emppirical research is probably the broadest and most commonly used form of researching.It consists of data from observation and experimenting. Empirical research is used to verify that a solution for a problem, found with constructive research, will have the desired effect.

Primary Research
Primary research is coming up with new data through experiments, surveys, tests, etc. The data does not already exist to be found and used; it must be created by those methods. Most of the time, secondary research must be done in order to full understand a topic and be able to get primary data on it.

Secondary Research
Secondary research is collecting data on a subject from data that already exists. It can be found in books, online, through news, etc. Secondary research consists of data that was found by someone else's primary research.