This section explains the general
plan or blueprint of addressing the research objectives of the study.
Guidelines for mono-method/single
phase studies:
1. The
first paragraph describes the general type of the research.
a. Indicate
whether the study is quantitative or qualitative.
b. Define
the research type. Include proper citations.
c. Justify
why this research type is best in addressing your research problem.
2. The second paragraph describes the specific
research design.
a. Indicate
the specific research design you are using.
i. Quantitative:
Experimental, non-experimental (further specify)
ii. Qualitative:
Phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, case study, historical, narrative
analysis, discourse analysis, qualitative descriptive, qualitative exploratory,
etc. Indicate the specific design and methodological proponent of your chosen
research tradition.
b. Define
the specific research design. Include proper citation.
c. Justify
why this research type is best in addressing your research problem.
Guidelines for mixed methods
studies:
1. The
first paragraph describes the mixed methods design you are using.
a. Indicate
the specific mixed methods design you are using (convergent, exploratory,
explanatory).
b. Define
the research design. Include proper citations.
c. Justify
why this research type is best in addressing your research problem.
2. The
design of each strand of the study must be explained in the study. Each strand
is allotted a paragraph.
a. The
sequence is based on the type of mixed methods you are using. For explanatory
mixed methods studies, explain the design of the quantitative strand in the
second paragraph, followed qualitative in the third paragraph, and vice versa
for exploratory mixed methods. For convergent designs, begin with the strand
that has bigger weight in the study.
b. Follow
the abovementioned pattern in describing designs: indicate the specific design,
define (with citations) and justify its use.
Guidelines for multiple-phase
studies:
1. Some
studies are highly pragmatic and procedure-based, which may go through multiple
phases but are not necessarily subsumed under a mixed methods design. Examples:
a. A
social media study that will apply textual analysis on the comments section of
a particular post (phase 1: qualitative,
discourse analysis), then do an FGD with experts (phase 2: qualitative descriptive), then create and present a video
(phase 3: developmental phase) and
then document and analyze the feedback of the audience (phase 4: quantitative descriptive survey).
b. A
culinary study that will conduct a survey on the health and nutritional issues
of a certain sample (phase 1: quantitative,
descriptive correlational), then consult with nutritionists and culinary
experts to create healthy and affordable recipes (phase 2: qualitative
descriptive), and then performs taste test and feedback on target customers
(phase 3: quantitative descriptive survey).
c. A
curriculum development study that will get international trends by surveying
recent literature (phase 1: integrative
review of literature), then conduct three rounds of FGDs with experts to
develop an educational intervention (phase
2: Delphi technique), and then assess feedback of end-users (phase 3: quantitative, descriptive survey).
2. Introduce
the research design section by indicating the number of phases that the study
will be having.
3. Each
phase shall be allotted a paragraph, with the following details:
a. Indicate
the specific design for this phase, and the specific research question/objective
this phase is addressing.
b. Define
the research design. Include proper citations.
c. Justify
why this research type is best in addressing your research problem.
d. Explain
how this design contributes to the other phases of the study.
For studies with outputs. Studies
with the terminal objective of producing an output based on the findings of the
study must include the discussion of the “developmental or outcomes-oriented
design” as the last paragraph.
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