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By the end of this chapter, you should have an understanding of:

• what characterises research;• the difference between basic and applied research;• different types of evaluations;• what characterises action research;• what characterises development work;• what empirical and non-empirical research is;• the differences between theoretical, descriptive and explorative research;• inductive and deductive approaches to research;• the differences between qualitative and quantitative research.