Applied Research, Solves a practical problem, e.g. testing a new enrichment toy in a rescue, Basic Research, Builds knowledge with no immediate use, e.g. how dogs perceive colour, Correlational, Measures the relationship between two variables without changing them, Descriptive, Records what is happening, e.g. common injuries in working dogs, Ethnographic, Long-term immersion in a natural setting, e.g. months observing kennel staff and dogs, Experimental, Changes one variable to test cause and effect, using a control group, Exploratory, Investigates a little-understood topic to generate ideas

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