• Checkpoint: Research designs
• Checkpoint: Control and experimental groups
• Checkpoint: Principle of variance

• Checkpoint: Designs for different paradigms
• Checkpoint: Cross-sectional studies
• Checkpoint: Pre-test/post-test study design
• Checkpoint: Longitudinal vs cross-sectional designs
• Checkpoint: Experimental designs
• Checkpoint: Online surveys
• Checkpoint: Focus groups vs interviews

Download the exercise that also appears in your textbook to help you step-by-step in conceptualising your researdh design. You can also use this exercise to contribute to a final research portfoilio or help guide discussions with your supervisor.

Conceptualising a Study Design