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Research Design

Methodology & design

Definition

The overall plan linking research questions to data — deciding what will be measured, from whom, when and how it will be analysed.

Related concepts

Research Question Cross-sectional Study Longitudinal Study Conceptual Framework Construct Validity Dependent Variable

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