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We have been given a scenario and we want to know if it is an example of a research design.
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So how do you know if you're looking at research design? well, you start out with some kind of question, the research question.
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Now, there are different types of research question.
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It could be descriptive.
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For example, what is the average of a data set or what proportion? so you're looking for some kind of piece of information, some parameter.
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Or it could be correlational in nature.
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Is there a relationship between two or more variables? or it could be categorical.
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It could be something you're actually describing.
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What does this look like, for example? so we have one of those here.
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Are we looking for something? so we're examining adolescent substance abuse and we're looking at an association.
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A greater risk of substance abuse associated with increasing numbers of parents and friends who are substance abusers.
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So yes, we're looking at a correlational research question here...