Other Forms Of Research

Experiments: The benefits of experiments are that you can provide proof, true and factual. If you haven’t done enough research, your search might be wrong.

                

Participant Observation: This is where the researcher also takes part in the activity, this could be good because they will get an understanding of the product and gain the full potential out of it. It could be bad though because they are biased to it.

Historical research: It is good because you see how a product has evolved over time to keep up to date with technology; you get the whole background and contacts throughout doing this research. The bad thing might be that the technology might not have changed. Historical research provides context, background information.

Rhetorical analysis: The way something persuades the target audience by saying 'there ugly' to buy their products. It is good if they do it in the right way for example if someone on television is explaining the bad things about their skin and then say but this cream solves everything you may want to buy it. But the bad thing is if it is done wrong by someone saying it in a different way.

Comparative analysis: This is good because you get to see something as a whole and break down the good and bad points. The drawbacks of this could be that what you are comparing it to is not a good example; therefore this research method won't help.

Competitor analysis: Gives a fuller view of the market what you up against, what you need to be better then and different from.