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What Are The Characteristics of A Good Research Design

A good research design is characterized by flexibility, appropriateness, efficiency, and minimizing bias while maximizing reliable data collection and analysis. The best design depends on the research purpose and problem being studied, as different problems require different designs. There are three key principles of experimental design: replication to estimate experimental error, randomization to ensure statistical validity of that estimate, and local control to increase efficiency by reducing experimental error. Replication determines sample size, randomization prevents bias, and local control improves treatment application and design/treatment structure.

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What Are The Characteristics of A Good Research Design

A good research design is characterized by flexibility, appropriateness, efficiency, and minimizing bias while maximizing reliable data collection and analysis. The best design depends on the research purpose and problem being studied, as different problems require different designs. There are three key principles of experimental design: replication to estimate experimental error, randomization to ensure statistical validity of that estimate, and local control to increase efficiency by reducing experimental error. Replication determines sample size, randomization prevents bias, and local control improves treatment application and design/treatment structure.

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1. What are the characteristics of a good research design?

A good design is often characterized by adjectives like flexible, appropriate,


efficient, economical and so on. Generally, the design which minimizes bias and
maximizes the reliability of the data collected and analyzed is considered a good design.
The design which gives the smallest experimental error is supposed to be the best design in
many investigations. Similarly, a design which yields maximum information and provides
an opportunity for considering many different aspects of a problem is considered most
appropriate and efficient design with respect to many research problems. Thus, the
question of good design is related to the purpose or objective of the research problem and
also with the nature of the problem being studied. One single design cannot serve the
purpose of all types of research problems.

1. What are the three principles of experimental designs? Briefly discuss each.

The three principles of experimental designs are: replication, to provide an estimate


of experimental error; randomization, to ensure that this estimate is statistically valid; and
local control, to reduce experimental error by making the experiment more efficient.
The number of replications also known as the sample size is the number of
experimental units that receive each treatment. The sample size should be small enough
that negligible treatment differences are not declared statistically significant and large
enough that meaningful treatment differences are declared statistically significant.
Repeated measurements on the same experimental unit may or may not constitute true
replications; treating dependent observations as if they were independent is one of the
most common statistical errors found in the scientific literature.

Randomization means the use of a random device to assign the treatments to the
experimental units. Randomization prevents the introduction of systematic bias into the
experiment and provides the link between the actual experiment and the statistical model
that underlies the data analysis. Thus, randomization is essential to the valid use of
statistical methods.

Performing the experiment with more care is one way to exert local control. For
example, the treatments should be applied uniformly and under standardized conditions.
However, an experiment can also be made more efficient by the judicious choice of design
structure and treatment structure.

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