Research Design and Methods

Start with research questions and objectives

The mind map Research is a starting point for exploring what research means and what it aims to do. It lists objectives such as gaining insights, describing characteristics and testing a hypothesis. Use those ideas to think about the purpose of a research question.

Next, look at Final Year Project Book Notes, which raises the importance of finding the right questions and includes originality. Together, the maps offer starting points for considering both the purpose and direction of a project.

Explore methods and data collection

Business Research Methods introduces the purpose, approach and nature of research, as well as field research and ways of classifying research. Health Research Methodology opens with questions about research and social research. Comparing these maps can help you see how their introductions organize the subject.

For a closer look at data, use Processes of data collection. It outlines identifying issues or opportunities, choosing collection methods, managing data and presenting it. Follow the stages on the map and consider how each relates to a research question.

Use flashcards and maps together

The Research Framework flashcards ask about research objectives, focus, measurable goals and identifying relevant sources. After studying a map, use the cards to check which ideas you can explain in your own words. Return to the map when you want to reconnect an answer with the wider topic.

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Place the topic in its unit

Research Design and Methods is a section of The Research Process, Problem and Proposal in Research methods and academic skills. The maps on questions, objectives and collection processes offer ways to explore this section within that unit. Choose a map and follow it with the flashcards.