Type of research Suppose you are conducting a quantitative cross-sectional research study in which you areexamining rates of healthcare utilization among LGBTQIA+ adults in the past-year. This topic hasnot been previously investigated, and you are not attempting to investigate causal factors ofhealthcare attendance among this population. Which type of research would best describe theabove study?Descriptive researchExploratory researchO Explanatory research

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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

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Type of research

Suppose you are conducting a quantitative cross-sectional research study in which you are
examining rates of healthcare utilization among LGBTQIA+ adults in the past-year. This topic has
not been previously investigated, and you are not attempting to investigate causal factors of
healthcare attendance among this population. Which type of research would best describe the
above study?
Descriptive research
Exploratory research
O Explanatory research

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Descriptive research aims at describing or defining the research problem in detail. In descriptive it aims at describing the characteristics and functions.

Explanatory research aims at explaining certain phenomena why it is happening in a particular way. To know the reason behind the phenomena is the aim of explanatory research.