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Study design

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

nounCore term

In academic english & research, study design means: The overall plan for how a study will answer its research question, including methods, sample, measures, and timing.

In Turkish: araştırma deseni

How it is used

Used in proposals and methods sections to describe whether research is experimental, observational, qualitative, longitudinal, and so on.

Example sentences

  1. Because the study design compared two classrooms over one semester, the reviewer asked how teacher differences were controlled.

    Here the term refers to the planned structure of the research, which affects how confidently results can be interpreted.

  2. We changed the study design after the pilot phase showed that weekly interviews were too demanding for participants.

    In this example, the term means the core arrangement of the project, including how data will be collected over time.

Common collocations

  • study design choice
  • cross-sectional study design
  • improve the study design
  • research questionA clear, focused question that a study is designed to answer; it guides the choice of methods, data and analysis.
  • methodologyThe overall approach and reasoning behind how a study is done, including the choice of design, methods, data and analysis, and the reasons for those choices.

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