Research Design Canvas-EllwayB
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Research Design Canvas
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Title of Thesis:
Literatures
What bodies of literature / areas of research are relevant to
the project?
What is the overriding focus of each body of literature?
What are the key papers / studies?
Are there identifiable sub-areas or constellations of studies in
the body of literature?
What are the characteristics of each body of literature (big or
small, well established or newly emerging, academic or non-
academic, from the same discipline / different disciplines?)
How important is each body of literature?
Observations & Arguments
What evidence exists in the literature? (findings / results,
conclusions, recommendations, propositions, hypotheses,
relationships, etc)
What issue(s) or theme(s) are observable in past research?
Is there a gap(s) and / or problem(s)?
What are the costs or risks of not addressing the gap /
problem?
Are there potential connections between bodies of literature
leading to new issues, themes, a gap, or problem?
RQ / Hypotheses
What are the research questions?
Are there any tentative hypotheses?
What is the value of investigating the questions / hypotheses?
Contributions
What are the planned contributions of the research?
What type of contribution? (practical, empirical, theoretical,
methodological, philosophical)
What value will the research deliver to the stakeholders?
Sample / Context
What sample and sampling methods will be used?
Will the context of the research play an important role?
If so, what are the distinctive characteristics of the context?
Methodology / Design / Methods
What is the methodology or design for the study?
What are the key principles / objectives / quality criteria of the methodology / design?
Is the methodology / design well-established or relatively unique in your discipline / topic area?
What specific methods of data collection and analysis will be used?
What are the key features or strengths of each method?
How will the methods complement each other?
Theory & Concepts
What role will theory or concepts play in the research?
What theoretical ideas / concepts / model / framework will be used, developed, or tested?
What does theory mean / what constitutes theory in your discipline or topic area?
Problem / Phenomenon
What are the main phenomenon and sub-phenomena in the research?
Does the research involve a real world problem and if so what is it?
Who are the key stakeholders of the research?
Assumptions / Paradigm
Is the research based upon particular philosophical assumptions?
Does the research operate within a specific research paradigm?
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