Blog #11

Writing up Research: Methods and Research Design

After reading both articles, it seems that the purpose of Methods or Research Design is to answer to questions.
1. How was the data collected or generated?
2. How was it analyzed?
Reason being so your readers can know how you got your results. There are many different methods that can be used when doing research, so it’s important to show your reader how you gather your information. Also the research method should fit the study that you conduct. Another reason why methods are vital because it’s the center piece for your research paper. It help explains the data you collected, what you analyze and how your found a solution to your research question.

DESIGN & METHOD

This also allows the writer to explain how they went about their research. You can talk about things used to conduct the research, how things were done different from previous research, and how you prepared your data.
Remember that this section needs to be very explicit. A good rule of thumb is to provide enough detail so that others could replicate all the important points of your research. Failure to provide adequate detail may raise doubts in your readers’ minds about your procedures and findings.

Work Cited:
Writing up Research: Methods and Research Design

http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/el21meth.htm

DESIGN & METHOD

http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/researchmethods/RM_3_04.html