What is meant by descriptive research? Describe the objective of this type of research,and explain when it is used.

Descriptive research refers to explanatory studies in which the aim is to describe the phenomenon in question in an effort to identify important variables.The objective of descriptive research is to observe variables and summarize the observations by using descriptive statistics,such as means,frequencies,and percentages.Descriptive research is typically used when one wants to describe the characteristics of a population or phenomenon being studied.