Refer to the lecture in the summary and decide which research design is appropriate for your study?

Summary:

A method is a technique which the researcher uses to gather and generate data about the subjects of their study. While

methodology is the section of the research paper which explains why the researcher chose to use particular methods.

The methodology also includes descriptions of any and all theoretical and/or ideological concepts informing and

influencing the course of the study, and the researcher’s rationale behind adhering to these concepts.

A research design is a plan which structures a study to ensure that the data collected and generated will contain the

information needed to answer the initial inquiry as fully and clearly as possible. According to University of California (2017)

as cited by Samosa (nd) the function of a research design is to ensure that the evidence obtained enables you to

effectively address the research problem logically and as unambiguously as possible. The length and complexity of

describing research designs in your paper can vary considerably, but any well-developed design will achieve all of the

following:

1. Identify the research problem clearly and justify its selection, particularly in relation to any valid alternative designs

that could have been used.

2. Review and synthesize previously published literature associated with the research problem.

3. Clearly and explicitly specify hypotheses [i.e., research questions] central to the problem.

4. Effectively describe the data which will be necessary for an adequate testing of the hypotheses and explain how

such data will be obtained.

5. Describe the methods of analysis to be applied to the data in determining whether or not the hypotheses are

true or false.



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