As far as i can tell there are six main types of research people can do, they are as followed: Exploratory, Descriptive, Speculative, Explanatory, Predictive and Evaluative. I will explain what each means now.
Exploratory research is when little is known about the topic or previous theorys have been proven wrong. Exploratory research is used to clarify problems, gather data and help researchers form their initial hypothesis on the subject that they are researching.
Descriptive research is the research of things that already exist, studying the behaviour, frequencies, characteristics or gathering statistics on the subject, posing questions which have not yet been answered.
Speculative research is described as when a researcher will pose an idea and others will argue its either not original or even sometimes not worth doing, their research might be kept until it can be proved useful.
Explanatory research is finding the cause and effect, researchers who use this method or type are trying to answer the question "why", for example if there was a study saying divorce was higher in christian couples than jewish couples (Descriptive research) Explanatory researchers would find out why that was the case.
Predictive research is the research of finding corresponding results in other tests that link together. A question a predictive researcher might ask is "do the results of an IQ test tell you how well that person might do in an exam?"
Evaluative research is used to measure, judge, evaluate results from other means of research. Or in other cases evaluating the need for other means of research.
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