Designing A Research1

Designing A Research Sasmita Mishra

Important concept Relating to Research Design

Independent and Dependent Variable Extraneous Variable Control Confounded Relationship Research Hypothesis Experimental and non-experimental Hypothesis-testing research Experimental and control group Experiment

What is a variable? A variable that can take on differing or varying values. The value can differat various times for the same object or person, or at the same time for different objects or persons. Ex. Production unit, absenteeism, motivation etc.

Types of Research Design Exploratory Descriptive Hypothesis-testing research

Exploratory Research Design Exploratory research is of three types: Survey of concerning literature Experience survey Analysis of insight stimulating examples