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Overall strategy utilized to carry out research
Research design refers to the overall strategy utilized to answer research questions. A research design typically outlines the theories and models underlying a project; the research question(s) of a project; a strategy for gathering data and information; and a strategy for producing answers from the data. A strong research design yields valid answers to research questions while weak designs yield unreliable, imprecise or irrelevant answers. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Research designA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Transparency in design science researchInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The design of experimentsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Design Science in Information Systems Research1Cited 9,448 times
- Go sideways: Design of experimentsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: StatisticsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Design Science in Information Systems Research1
Accounting for common method variance in cross-sectional research designs.
Design-Based Research
Quantitative research design
Research Design: Descriptive Research
Research through DESIGN through research
Advancing service design research with design science research
Research + design
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
The design of experimentsRonald Aylmer Fisher · 1935
Practical ResearchPaul D. Leedy, Jeanne E. Ormrod · 1974
Research DesignJohn W. Creswell, J. David Creswell · 1994
Methods in behavioral researchPaul C. Cozby, Paul Cozby · 1977
Understanding Research MethodsMildred L. Patten · 1996
The practice of social researchEarl R. Babbie · 1975
The Psychology of Everyday ThingsDonald A. Norman · 1988
HackersSteven Levy · 1984
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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