QUESTIONNAIRE RESEARCH DESIGN Keywords; tool of data collection; constructing a questionnaire; follow-up procedure ; cover letter; ranking questions; double-barrel question; secondary information Having stated your research problem or topic, chosen your methodology, reviewed the literature and completed the preparatory stages, you now have to develop a research design. But what precisely a research design is? There are many definitions of research design. Here are some examples from leading authors, reproduced. 1. The research design consist the blue prints for the collection, measurement, and analysis of data. It aids the scientist in the allocation of his limited resources by posing crucial choices. It includes an outline of what the investigator will do from writing hypotheses and their operational implications to final analysis of data. A structure is the frame work, organization or configuration of the relationship among variables of the study. A r...
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