Research Design Evaluation

Published by James Taylor

Introduction

Research design refers to the general strategies that are used in integrating the various components of the study so that it is arranged logically. The desi ensures that there is effectiveness in addressing the identified problem in the research and also involve the method that is used in the data collection. It goes through the type of measurement applied and the analysis method (Khanal, 2018). In qualitative research, various designs can be used. These include clear correlation, the quasi-experimental and experimental design. In this topic of Depression in first-year college students, the various researcher has used different forms of qualitative research design.

First research:

McCleese, Carrie & Baranik, Lisa & Daniel, Francis. (2012). College Student Stressors: A Review of the Qualitative Research. Stress and health: journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress. 29. 10.1002/smi.2465.

In this study, the researcher uses the descriptive research design to analyse and show the procedures that they used to arrive at the concusions from the research. The researchers review various sources if college students and also incorporates the themes that have bee defined and whether they match up with the set criteria. The authors used a total of forty qualitative studies and coded them according to the type of stressors that the students go through about depression. The themes that were set for the description in regards to the studies reviewed include the lack of resources for the college students, academic performance ad the environment that they are studying in (McCleese, Baranik, & Daniel, 2012). The researcher concluded thathere are different factors that contribute to depression in the college students. Some of the include the stressors that are associated with the parents and relationships. These issues also make it difficult for students to concentrate on their academics.

This type of descriptive qualitative research design is suitable for this research, and the authors have used it effectively. Graphic design gives the current state of the variables that have been set. The research should also develop the hypothesis ad the study continues to develop. Hence, this is an effective research design

Review 2: Whitehill, J. M., Brockman, L. N., & Moreno, M. A. (2013). “Just talk to me”: communicating with college students about depression disclosures on Facebook. Journal of Adolescent Health, 52(1), 122-127.

In this study, the researchers used an experimental design. In the study, the participants were the students between the ages of 18-19 who were given interview questions n in-person structured questionnaires (Whitehill, Brockman, and Moreno, 2013). They were also experimented upon by using different approaches. For instance, the professors a the advisors were to talk to them and show whether they were showing the different depressions. The status of Facebook and other social media were also considered to tell whether they showed a different level of stress.

Nonetheless, the researchers, in this case, should have used quasi-experimental design. This could have been more appropriate because it is more of a research design that seeks for the correlations through the use of the experimental. This design is also suitable for establishing the cause-effect relations that exist between the variables. Aso, the researcher, have no option in manipulating the research.

Strategies for selecting an appropriate research design

In order to avoid the problems of messing up with the design and making the right choices, it is always appropriate to have a strategy for the design. The first strategy is for the researcher o identify the sample (Heslot, Jannink, and Sorrells, 2015). The sample always exists from the population that the researcher would like to perform the research. After this, it becomes easier when the researcher uses a set of questions that he or she would like to find the answers for (Gibson, 2016). It is also important to try out the design before applying it practically

ramifications of choosing an inappropriate design

In case the researcher does not choose the right design for the study, some ramifications are likely to face. One of them is that the research will lack its credibility because it will be ambiguously arranged (Brown, Petal.,2015). Also, it will have a lot of criticisms, and the researchers will lose their credibility (Kutanis, and Oruç, 2015). The research will therefore not be used anywhere in the academic field.

References

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Kutanis, Ö. R., & Oruç, E. (2015). The views of academic staff on psychological capital: A qualitative study in Turkey. International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, 2(5), 1-9.

Khanal, K. (2018). Green Business: Sustainable and Profitable Product Development.

Heslot, N., Jannink, J.L. and Sorrells, M.E., 2015. Perspectives for genomic selection applications and research in plants. Crop Science, 55(1), pp.1-12.

Gibson, M. (Ed.). (2016). Pharmaceutical formulation and formulation: a practical guide from candidate drug selection to the commercial dosage form. CRC Press.

Whitehill, J. M., Brockman, L. N., & Moreno, M. A. (2013). “Just talk to me”: communicating with college students about depression disclosures on Facebook. Journal of Adolescent Health, 52(1), 122-127.