RESEARCH DESIGN Pushkar Bajracharya CONCEPT A research design

RESEARCH DESIGN Pushkar Bajracharya

CONCEPT A research design is the "blue print" of the study. The design of a study defines the study type (descriptive, correlational, semi-experimental, review, meta-analytic) and sub-type (e. g. , descriptive-longitudinal case study), research question, hypotheses, independent and dependent variables, experimental design, and, if applicable, data collection methods and a statistical analysis plan. Research design is the framework that has been created to seek answers to research questions

TYPES Descriptive (e. g. , case-study, naturalistic observation, Survey) Correlational (e. g. , case-control study, observational study) Semi-experimental (e. g. , field experiment, quasiexperiment) Experimental (Experiment with random assignment) Review (Literature review, Systematic review) Meta-analytic (Meta-analysis)

GROUPS Cohort study Cross-sectional study Cross-sequential study Longitudinal study Confirmatory vs Exploratory

CATEGORIES Historical Descriptive Developmental Correlational Causal-comparative Experimental Action Survey

SOME AREA-WISE EXAMPLES History: Descriptive and analytical Natural sciences: Experimental Law: Doctrinal and non-doctrinal

STEPS Define clearly area of enquiries Identify the data needs, sources thereof and ways of collecting Data processing Methods of analysis to come at conclusions Designing must capture answers to all of them

CAUTIONS Knowledge Feasibility Resources Results