CONCEPTUAL vs THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 🔍🔍 Conceptual: 📕 It is more about the approach that a researcher takes in answering a research question. 📕 It is derived from concepts. 📕 A conceptual framework is composed of several concepts. Further, a conceptual framework may include a theoretical framework. 📕 Conceptual frameworks identify factors influencing a particular field, e.g., exploration of ‘masquerade’ mimicry in animals based on phenomena such as protective mimicry, crypsis and aposematis