TOPIC 1:
Research Design
| Objective 1: Identify the purpose of the research design. |
| What is the purpose of the research design? |
Research design provides a specific blueprint for conducting a study. It has the purpose of providing maximum control over extraneous variables and other factors that could influence the results and interfere with the validity of the findings.
The research design is the overall plan for:
- Obtaining answers to the research questions, or
- Testing the research hypotheses.