{"id":3271,"date":"2016-11-01T04:02:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T04:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/research-methods\/?page_id=3271"},"modified":"2016-11-01T04:02:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T04:02:43","slug":"objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/research-methods\/modules-1-3\/module-3-research-design\/objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Research_design\">Research design<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Every research question can be answered by using many forms of research design.  Sometimes, the design of choice depends on the question, and sometimes, it depends on the researcher, their skills, and their preferences.<br \/>\nIn this section we will look at different forms of research design, and understand what kind of research questions they answer.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/research-methods\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:402px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Building_up_community_spirit_(5568027672).jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Building up community spirit (5568027672).jpg\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/3\/39\/Building_up_community_spirit_%285568027672%29.jpg\/400px-Building_up_community_spirit_%285568027672%29.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this module, you will learn about approaches to research design, and four design forms:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Approaches to research design (Micro, Meso, and Macro)\n<\/li>\n<li>Longitudinal research design\n<\/li>\n<li>Comparative research design\n<\/li>\n<li>Narrative research design\n<\/li>\n<li>Case study research design\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.059 seconds\nReal time usage: 2.736 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 104\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 778\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 2207\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 756\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:169903-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20161101040237 and revision id 1007907\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/research-methods\/modules-1-3\/module-2-literature-review\/theory-types\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/research-methods\/modules-1-3\/module-3-research-design\/basics-of-research-design\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research design Every research question can be answered by using many forms of research design. 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