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Research Design, An Overview - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Reporting
        (who, what, when, where,
        how—in the past)
      - Descriptive
        (who, what, when, where, how—now)
      - Causal Explanatory (why, how—now)
      - Causal Predictive (what, why, in future)
    - - Experimental (ability to manipulate)
      - Ex post facto (no ability to manipulate)
    - - Field setting
      - Laboratory research
      - Simulation
    - - Cross-sectional (one measurement at one point in time)
      - Longitudinal (many measurements in specified period of time)
    - - No deviations perceived
      - Deviations perceived, not researcher related
      - Deviations perceived, researcher induced
    - - Case study
        (little breadth, significant depth)
      - Statistical study
        (significant breadth, some depth)
    - - Single methodology
      - Multiple methodologies
    - - • Qualitative
        (emphasis on measures of meaning)
      - Quantitative
        (emphasis on measures of frequency)
    - - Monitoring
      - Communication study