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...Research paradigms lauren f wollman phd center for homeland defense and security dept of national affairs naval postgraduate school slide opening credits music by reseach most kinds fall into one the following descriptive evaluative prescriptive exploratory or predictive these have to do with purpose various methods can be used but it is first useful determine overarching objective in this module we will provide a description each paradigm also present some examples questions that are typically associated them focuses on investigating mapping describing problems processes relationships especially causal other existing phenomena example thesis focused understanding how information disseminated from fusion local police departments where barriers exist flow would under type case study unpacking all aspects single event order identify characteristics dynamics chronology discern cause effect could theses involving usually ask what happened relationship between thing another know about somet...