This document discusses research design. It begins by defining research design as the overall framework or blueprint that guides a research project. Research design is important as it helps provide structure, direction, and organization to research operations. The document then outlines three main types of research design: exploratory design which aims to generate ideas and insights, descriptive design which describes characteristics, and hypothesis testing design which tests relationships between variables. Key aspects of each design type are also discussed such as appropriate sample sizes, objectives, and data collection methods.

1. RESEARCH DESIGN

2. GROUP NO 7
Dattatrey shinde
Gayatri Umarye
Namita kafaliya
Omkar thamboli
Pradnya Shetty
Sagar sambare
Sakshi sontakke
Shilpa susan
Shruthi rajan
Subin luckose

3. CONTENT
 Meaning of research design.
 Need for & importance of research design.
 Developing an appropriate research design.

4. MEANING
 Arrangement of conditions.
 Overall framework of the projects.
 Specific master plan or model.
 Blueprint .
 Guides the investigators.

5. DEFINITION
 According to Suchman “research design is not a
highly specific plan to be followed without deviation
,but rather series of guidepost to keep one headed
in right direction”.
 According to cook “research design is the
arrangement of conditions for collection & analysis
of data in a manner that aims to combine relevance
to the research purpose with economy in
procedure”.

6. NEED & IMPORTANCE
 Smooth sailing of research operations.
 Stands for advance planning of the methods.
 Great bearing on reliability of the results.
 Helps to give directions.
 Helps in decision making.
 Research design prevent blind searching.
 Helps researchers to anticipate potential problems
in collecting data etc.

7. DEVELOPING RESEARCH DESIGN
 The choice of appropriate design largely depends
on the objectives of the research and how much is
knownabout the problem and its objectives.
 Three traditional kinds of research-design:
 Exploratory
 Descriptive
 Hypothesis/casual.
.

8. IN CASE OF EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
 Main objective: Major emphasis is on discovery of
ideas & insights.
 In such studies:
 The sample size is small
 Data requirement are vague.
 The objective is general rather than specific.
 Non- probability sampling designs are used.

9. IN CASE OF DESCRIPTIVE
 Main objective: Describing characteristics of
individual or group
 In such studies:
 Data collected may relate to the respondents under
study
 Research has specific objective
 Findings are definite.

10. IN CASE OF HYPOTHESIS TESTING
 Main objective:Researchers test the hypotheses of
causal relationships between variables.
 In such studies:
 Control the influence of one variable on other
dependent variable.