Types of Research Design Choosing a Research Problem Preparing to Write Abstracts the introduction The Literature Review The Methodology The Results The Discussion The Conclusion

Before beginning your paper, you need to decide how you plan to design the study.
The research design refers to the overall strategy that you choose to integrate the different components of the study in a coherent and logical way, thereby, ensuring you will effectively address the research problem; it constitutes the blueprint for the collection, measurement, and analysis of data. Note that your research problem determines the type of design you should use, not the other way around!