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Unit 4: Research designbook

  • There are four main research designs :
    • Experimental
    • Cross-sectional
    • Longitudinal
    • Case study
  • These are not mutually exclusive – you can use more than one.
    • cross-sectional and case study, such as semi-structured interviews with households but within a particular neighbourhood.
    • case study and longitudinal, such as in-depth research with a community over months or years.
  • Now let's go on and look at types of measurement.

If you would like to look at this topic in more detail, look at Strathclyde University's excellent flowchart on research problems.

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