1. William Holmes Research Methods College of Public and Community Service University of Massachusetts Boston 2012 1

2. IDENTIFY TYPES OF QUESTIONS Exploratory Descriptive Explanatory Predictive Evaluative 2

3. FROM QUESTION TO TYPE OF DESIGN QUESTIONDESIGN ExploratoryQualitative, Loose Structure, Non-experimental DescriptiveQualitative or Quantitative, Quasi-experimental ExplanatoryExperimental or Quasi- experimental PredictiveQuantitative, Quasi- experimental EvaluativeQualitative or Quantitative, Quasi-experimental or Experimental 3

4. FROM TYPE OF DESIGN TO SPECIFIC DESIGN Type of Design Specific Design ExploratoryParticipation, Observation, In Depth Interview, Focus Groups DescriptiveSurvey, Secondary Analysis of AvailableData ExplanatoryExperiment or Quasi-experiment EvaluativeMulti-method PredictiveQuasi-experiment or Available Data 4

5. DESIGN EXERCISE 1. Question—Does parenting education improve parent-child interaction? 2. Identify type of question 3. Identify type of design 4. Propose specific design 5