1. 2 ND SEPTEMBER 2013 HDR SUPPORT GROUP: RESEARCH DESIGN

2. AIM OF TODAYS MEETING Opportunity for you to share your research design with the group and seek feedback and advice

3. WHAT IS THE RESEARCH DESIGN? The research design refers to the overall strategy that you choose to integrate the different components of the study in a coherent and logical way, thereby, ensuring you will effectively address the research problem; it constitutes the blueprint for the collection, measurement, and analysis of data. Note that your research problem determines the type of design you can use, not the other way around! (Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, B. 2006, Part 1, What Is Research Design? The Context of Design. Performance Studies Methods Course syllabus. New York University, Spring 2006; Trochim, William M.K. Research Methods Knowledge Base, accessed 2 nd September 2013 from )

4. SOME USEFUL WEBSITES http://w3.unisa.edu.au/researcheducation/students /methods.asp (research design information) http://w3.unisa.edu.au/researcheducation/students /methods.asp http://libguides.usc.edu/content.php?pid=83009&si d=818072 (research design information) http://libguides.usc.edu/content.php?pid=83009&si d=818072 https://www.coursera.org/ (for online research methods courses) https://www.coursera.org/