8 Research design
Clare Rutterford
1. For each of the following study designs, formulate a research question that is best investigated using that design:
2. Cross sectional survey.
6. Randomised controlled trial.
2. You want to find out whether school examinations have got easier over time. Outline the design of a study that would do this.
3. You want to find out whether large retail organisations are better than small retail organisations at providing customer satisfaction. Outline the design of a study that would do this.
4. You want to understand how social workers interact with parents when they are assessing whether parental care is adequate. What kind of study would do this? How would you carry out such a study?
5. A government agency wants to find out whether a programme teaching people how to self-manage their chronic illness condition is effective in preventing hospital admissions. How would you design a study to determine this?
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