JUNIOR RESEARCH LIBRARY

Study Designs

Learn how descriptive, observational, experimental, clinical, qualitative, and synthesis studies answer different questions.

Research 101

Begin with curiosity, evidence, and honest reporting.

Turn a broad interest into a focused inquiry.

Observe, plan, investigate, analyze, and refine.

Match a question to an appropriate approach.

Describe patterns and uncertainty.

Protect people, privacy, communities, and trust.

Separate methods, results, interpretation, and claims.

Communicate work and credit every source.

Explore terms at five developmental levels.