What is a causal research design? What is its purpose?
Causal research is a type of conclusive research whose major objective is to obtain evidence regarding cause-and-effect relationships. Causal design is a design in which the causal or independent variables are manipulated in a relatively controlled environment.
-To understand which variables are the causes and which are the effects of a phenomenon.
-To determine the extent of the relationship between the predicted effect and the causal variables.