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• Research Design


  The plan or structure for conducting a study whether it is experimental, quasi-experimental, correlational, case study, exploratory, descriptive, phenomenology, ethnography, etc.
• Research Design


  Summarizes the set of procedures that the researcher will use to obtain data to answer the research problems
• Phenomenology


  The descriptive study of how individuals experience a phenomenon. Conducting in-depth interviews is a common method for gaining access to individual's life-worlds. Phenomenological researchers often seek for commonalities across individuals rather than focusing on what is unique about individuals.
• Ethnography


  The discovery and description of the culture of a group of people, and originates in the discipline of the anthropology. Therefore, the concept of culture, which is a system of shared beliefs, values, practices, language, norms, rituals, and material things that group members use to understand their world.
• Case Study


  The detailed account and analysis of one or more cases. The foundational question in case study research is: what are the characteristics of this single case or of these comparison cases? The case study method often involves simply observing what happens to, or reconstructing 'the case history' of a single participant or group of individuals.
• Grounded Theory


  The development of inductive, "bottoms-up," theory that is "grounded" directly in the empirical data. The foundational question is: what theory or explanation emerges from an analysis of the data collected about this phenomenon? It is usually used to generate theory. Grounded theory can also be used to test or elaborate upon previously grounded theories, as long as the approach continues to be one of constantly grounding any changes in the new data.
• Biographical Study


  A biographical study is considered an exhaustive account of a life experience, it is the collection and analysis of an intensive account of a whole life or portion of a life, usually by an in-depth, unstructured interview. Biographical approach emphasizes the placement of the individual within a center of social connections, historical within a center of social connections, historical events, and life experiences (the life history).
• SETTING/LOCALE OF THE STUDY

  Included only if the setting is of particular significance or importance
•  RESPONDENTS/ PARTICIPANTS

  •Includes the number and relevant characteristics of the respondents as well as the sampling plan and technique

  •The term “Respondents” is more appropriate when the method to be used is Survey; “Participants” if Interview, FGD, or KII
•   INSTRUMENTATION


  •This section discusses the data gathering tool that is used in the study

  •Discuss how many sections/ parts, what are the parts, how many questions etc.

     
•   DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE


  •Contains the process used when conducting the actual study

  •Includes the step-by-step “recipe” beginning with how the subjects were contacted all the way to how the data were collected

  •Should also contain the Ethical Considerations applied in the study (e.g. informed consent, debriefing procedures, and so forth)