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research design  

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  • Research design is the model used by the researcher to discharge ‘the burden of proof’ – the logical organisation that allows him or her to feel that whatever they have done in their research allows them to reach valid conclusions. Research design is not the step-by-step procedures one goes through in carrying out a piece of research (such as the tasks that have to be carried out to design and implement a social survey or an observation study). [Source: The A-Z of Social Research; Research design]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-B5M3C333-W

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