Concept information
Preferred term
research design
Definition
- Research design is the model used by the researcher to discharge ‘the burden of proof’ – the logical organisation that allows him or her to feel that whatever they have done in their research allows them to reach valid conclusions. Research design is not the step-by-step procedures one goes through in carrying out a piece of research (such as the tasks that have to be carried out to design and implement a social survey or an observation study). [Source: The A-Z of Social Research; Research design]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- action research
- artistic inquiry
- autoethnography
- biographical research
- biographies
- case studies
- coding
- collaborative research
- comparative research
- control groups
- cross-national research
- data mining
- documentary research
- early termination of clinical trials
- ethics / research ethics
- ethnography
- evaluation
- evaluation research
- experiments
- feminist research
- field studies
- historical research
- hypothesis (research)
- internet research
- interviews
- life history research
- literature reviews
- longitudinal research
- longitudinal study
- mixed methods
- narrative research
- network analysis
- non-participant observation
- number needed to treat
- observational methods
- observational research
- oral history research
- panel studies
- participant observation
- patient selection
- photo elicitation
- pilot studies
- policy analysis
- qualitative evaluation
- quasi-experiment
- randomized control trials
- research questions
- sampling
- secondary data analysis
- secondary research
- structured observation
- surveys
- systematic reviews
- triangulation
- unobtrusive measures
- video research
- vignette
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/research_design
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