Develop two statements of purpose: one for a descriptive research study and one for an evaluative research study. Identify the main distinction between these two types of research.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Varies. The purpose of a descriptive research study might be to describe the clients of the agency in regard to gender, age, and race, while an evaluative research study might be designed to determine if a given service was effective in the improvement of the grades for at-risk middle school students. A major distinction could be the presence of a service in the evaluative study. All evaluative studies will be examining services, so the absence of a service in the study would indicate that this was not an evaluative study. Another distinction is that the descriptive study has the purpose of describing, while the evaluative study has the purpose of examining the success of a service.
Learning Objective: 2-1: You will better understand how to classify research by purpose, with a focus on the differences and similarities between research that is descriptive, explanatory, evaluative, or exploratory.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Four Purposes of Social Work Research
Difficulty Level: Hard
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