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Research Design & Review of Literature
Research Design & Review of Literature
literature
Research design
What it entails?
• The strategy/framework employed to pursue research
from the initial to the final stage.
General topics/non-specific/vague
• What are the problems in rural areas?
• Poverty in rural areas/slum areas?
• What can be done to prevent negative effects of
climate change?
Research design as a framework for data collection &
analysis
Designs Quantitative Qualitative
Experimental Control and treatment groups Quasi-experimental &
randomly assigned; quasi- ex-post facto design, not
experimental & ex-post facto the experimental
(groups not randomly assigned) design*.
Cross-sectional Sample of cases in single point Interviews or focus
of time as in survey research. groups at a single point
of time.
Longitudinal Survey more than one time, Ethnographic research
panel and cohorts
Case-study Single case Single case