Descriptive Designs-Are aligned with the quantitative methodology. Descriptive designs are highly structured using statistical analysis to test hypotheses to determine if relationships or differences exist between variables. The research usually takes form as a cross sectional study and the multiple sections that belong to the same group are being investigated. Descriptive designs are non-experimental and do not use control groups; therefore, descriptive designs cannot make any claims about causality. Although claims of causality cannot be made, the use of inferential statistics enables results from descriptive studies to be generalized to populations of interest. Causal (explanatory) Designs - A