Causal Research Methodology:a Comparison In Security Domain

The purpose of present article is to study the research methodology in security domain. Research methodology is a process through which the required evidences are gathered and transformed into findings. Thus how data are gathered and interpreted to the extent that the least possible decreased ambiguity resulted from that is related to research methodology. One of the most important activities related to research methodology is the determination of type or research plan. Generally the research plans are divided into two quality and quantity groups. Historical research, initiative research and demography are examples of quality researches. The main quantity research plans are descriptive research, relational research (correlational, causal and comparative researches) and experimental research. In this article the application of comparative-causal research method or Ex-post facto method in the security domain is discussed.Hence by using library method some of the researches that used comparative-causal method is studied and how this method applied in security domain is explained.