Research Design

Talk
By
Dr. Subhash W. Bhave

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 Structure
• 1. Research Design
• 2. Design Decision Factors
• 3. Classification of Design
4. Strategy
• 5. Planning a Design
• 6. Nature and Sources of Data

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 Structure
• 7. Instruments for Data Collection
• 8. Methods of Analysis
• 9. Features of Good Design
• 10. Ethical Dimensions
• 11. Errors in the Design
• 12. Some Constraints

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 Research Design
• 1. It is a blueprint for the collection,
measurement and analysis of data.

• 2. It is the plan and structure of

investigation to obtain answers to
Research Questions.
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• 3. It is the plan for relating the

conceptual research problem to
relevant empirical research.

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Design Decision Factors
• 1. The reasons for the study
• 2. Geographical Area
• 3. Availability of Data
• 4. Collection of Data
• 5. Analysis
• 6. Time, Money, Energy

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Classification / Types of Research
• 1. Exploratory
• 2. Descriptive
• 3. Diagnostic
• 4. Causal
• 5. Observational
• 6. Experimental
• 7. Case Study
• 8. Laboratory
• 9. Cross Sectional

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 Design Strategy
• 1. Type
• 2. Purpose
• 3. Time Frame
• 4. Scope
• 5. Environment
• 6. Other

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 Planning A Research Design
• 1. Steps in the Research Process
• 2. Clarity of the Research Problem
• 3. Data Collection Design
• 4. Sampling Design
• 5. Revision of Plan (if necessary)
• 6. Budget

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 Nature and Sources of Data

• 1. Primary
• 2. Secondary
• 3. Library
• 4. Internet
• 5. Government Publications
• 6. Commercial Organisations

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 Data Collection
• 1. Sample
• 2. Communication Approach
• 3. Observation
• 4. Personal Interview
• 5. Questionnaire
• 6. Sources of Error

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 Analysis
• 1. Testing Approaches
• 2. Statistical Significance
• 3. Testing Procedures
• 4. Co-Relation Analysis
• 5. Measures of Association
• 6. Variance

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 Features of a Good
Research Design
• 1. Planning should give
the details
• 2. Ethical Standards
should be high
• 3. Limitations should be
mentioned.
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 Features of a Good
Research Design
• 4. Analysis should be as per the
objectives
• 5. Researcher’s experience
should be reflected
• 6. Time and Costs should be
given

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 Ethical Dimensions
• 1. Morality and Values
• 2. Integrity
• 3. Truthfulness
• 4. Right to Privacy
• 5. Confidentiality
• 6. Code of Conduct

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 Some Likely Errors

• 1. The Thought Process

• 2. Scientific Attitude
• 3. Wrong Information
• 4. Statistical Procedures
• 5. Analytical
• 6. Others

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 The Constraints
• 1. Time
• 2. Money
• 3. Human Resources
• 4. Nature of Data
• 5. Confidentiality
• 6. Others

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 The Books Referred
• 1. Alan Berkeley Thomas
Research Skills for Management Studies
(Routledge, London, 2004.)

• 2. A.D. Jankowicz
Business Research Projects
(Business Press, London, 2000.)

• 3. Betty Jane Punnett

Handbook for International Management
Research
(Blackwell Publishers, Cambridge U.S.A.,
1996)
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 The Books Referred
4. Donald R. Cooper Business
Research Methods (Tata McGraw Hill,
New Delhi, 2001.)
 

5. Martin Herbert Planning a

Research Project (Cassell Educational
Ltd., London, 1990)
• 6. Pervez Ghauri Research
Methods in Business Studies
(Prentice Hall, Essex, UK., 2002)

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