ABSTRACT
As is true of many of the concepts and terms we introduced in preceding chapters, terms such as “design,” “research design,” “experimental design,” and “survey design” are used differently by different authors and researchers. Some use them “narrowly,” almost synonymously with the term “analysis,” whereas others use them “broadly” to refer to all aspects of the research, including measurement, sampling, setting, data collection, analysis, and theoretical formulations. Understandably, therefore, books devoted to research design vary widely in topics covered as well as in specific emphases.
