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Among the various ways we could characterize social work research is its purpose. What is the purpose of the study? One purpose is to describe people. We will call that descriptive research. Another is to explain things. Explanatory research is the label for this type. In this research, you attempt to explain things by looking at the relationship between two (or more) variables. Evaluative research has the purpose of evaluating broad programs or specific interventions. Exploratory research is the fourth type of research when we characterize it by purpose. This type of research examines phenomena that are not well known.