Methodology planner

Record and justify each methodological decision.

Undergraduate and above

Fields

• Research design — Example: Cross-sectional survey
• Why this design? — Example: Question asks about association at one point in time
• Population and sampling — Example: All year-1 students; stratified random sample
• Instruments — Example: Validated scale (cite)
• Analysis — Example: Multiple regression in R/SPSS
• Validity / trustworthiness — Example: Pilot with 15 students
• Ethics steps — Example: Approval, consent, anonymisation
• Limitations — Example: Self-report; single site