Read the Santa Fe Grill Case. Given the general questions the owners would like to be answered, what type$($s$)$ of research $($basic$,$ applied, exploratory, descriptive, causal, secondary$,$ etc.$)$ would you recommend? Why?

What are the three key decisions faced by the owners? Propose three research objectives to help solve the owners' problems.

Do the two research projects proposed by the consultants include all the areas that need to be researched? If yes, why? If no$,$ which others need to be studied and why?

Can these topics be fully understood with qualitative data research methods? Why or why not? Or is quantitative research needed as well? Why or why not?