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Hitesh Jhanji, Lovely Professional University
Unit 3: Research Design

Unit 3: Research Design Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction

3.1 An Overview
3.1.1 Need for Research Design
3.1.2 Types of Research Design
3.2 Exploratory Research

3.2.1 Characteristics of Exploratory Stage
3.2.2 Hypothesis Development at Exploratory Research Stage
3.2.3 Formulation of Hypothesis in Exploratory Research
3.2.4 Secondary Data
3.2.5 Qualitative Research
3.3 Descriptive Research Design
3.3.1 When to use Descriptive Study?
3.3.2 Types of Descriptive Studies

3.3.3 Survey
3.3.4 Observation Studies
3.4 Difference between Exploratory Research and Descriptive Research
3.5 Causal Research Design
3.6 Experimentation
3.6.1 Experimental Designs

3.7 Summary
3.8 Keywords
3.9 Review Questions
3.10 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

 Define research design
 Describe the need of research design
 Explain the different types of research design

 Identify the Secondary data and qualitative research
 Recognize the Descriptive research design
 Label the causal research design

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