ABSTRACT
The research design, as mentioned in chapter 1, is the overall plan for carrying out a research study. This design is like the blueprint for building a house. Its purpose is to guide the researcher in constructing the strongest and most efficient structure to provide the most useful data to answer the research question(s). Just like a poorly designed blueprint, which results in a house full of problems and possible collapse, a poorly designed research study produces results containing many flaws and, consequently, little practical use.
