RESEARCH METHODS-DIFINITION-RESEARCH DESIGN
A research design is a procedural plan that is adopted by the researcher to answer questions validly, objectively, accurately and economically. A research design therefore answers questions that would determine the path you are proposing to take for your research journey. Through a research design you decide for yourself and communicate to others your decisions regarding what study design you propose to use, how you are going to collect information from your respondents, how you are going to select your respondents, how the information you are going to collect is to be analysed and how you are going to communicate your finding.