Methodology Example: The research design utilized in this study is _____ (For qualitative: action research,

The first paragraph of this must be an introductory statement telling the chapter contents all phenomenological, ethnographic, case study, narrative, grounded theory, focus groups, historical).

about. According to Alhazmi (2022 , phenomological design of research provides theoretical tool for

Example: This chapter describes the research method, research design, the respondents of the educational research as it allows the researcher to engage in flexible activities that can describe and

study, the instruments used, data gathering procedures, and architectural procedures done in the study. help understand a complex phenomena, such as various aspects of human social experience. The

researcher used this design for a reason that it fits to the _____ since the study is to investigate on_____.

Research Method Using this particular design the researcher found the light in this design was perceived appropriate to

The first sentence here must state whether your study is qualitative or quantitative as find out the answer to the problem.

introduction. When you say it is qualitative, you must find a book definition or short history and insert it

to the first paragraph. When your research is quantitative, then find a book definition or short history and Respondents of the Study

insert it to the first paragraph. There are also chances that these methods are mixed. The same is done for Present here who are the participants of the study. Describe the individuals who are important

the first line of the paragraph. You may provide 1 to 3 definitions. The second content must be your respondents in the interviews. Have at least 3 for the interview. Describe and quantify the group of

reason why you chose the method and connected by telling how much you are interested to the study. people included in the online or face to face survey. Have at least 40 respondents or 50 percent of a

Since this is an academic work, mention that this is relevant in your program and how it affects you. small group. Always be careful in presenting the identity of individual or group of individuals. Some

Example: The research method utilized in this study is the qualitative method. According to respondents are not in agreement in mentioning their name or group name. You may give them another

Creswell (2014), qualitative method rely on text and image data, have unique steps in data analysis, and name that may protect them from identification. Tell the criteria of respondent selection. Mention why

draw on diverse designs. The researcher used this method for a reason that _____ and there is much the respondents qualified to be included in the study.

interest in _____ leading to know the answer or solution to the problem. This is also relevant in the field

of architecture and it affects the researcher to further use this method because it may _____. Sampling Procedure

Present the entire group of population and then followed by the portion you wanted to consider as
Research Design
respondents. That means these are your targets in the data gathering for the online survey or any other
Once the method was chosen and established, you must include also the research design under
survey type. You are then reminded not to deviate from these during data gathering execution. You may
the method selected. The first sentence must introduce the research design used. The second sentence
refer to a sampling method (fish ball method, lottery, stratified random sampling) for the selection. Most
must be the book definition of the research design. The reason of choosing the design comes next. Say
of the study with interview comes with Convenience Sampling method. Purposive sampling method is
something about the appropriateness of the design and how it may help you in the study.
for very few respondents. Simple Random sampling is for large number of respondents. Show the total

number of respondents targeted to be included and tell where they are from.

Research Instrument

Present here the data collection tools you administered among the respondents. Narrate the

general contents or structure of your interview questionnaire and how many questions as well. Mention

the area or field of your questions based from the research objectives. As to the online or face to face

survey questionnaire, narrate how many questions are there and categorize your questions based from

the objectives of the study. Remember that your questions must be along or connected into the research

questions and research objectives. Face validity is needed in your questionnaire. It means have an expert

knowledgeable in your topic read thoroughly your questions for comments. Your questions must capture

the topic ideas effectively. Finally, tell the medium of delivery of these materials.

Data Gathering Procedure

Narrate here how you are going to contact your interviewees. Securing of permission is the first

normal process. Mention that you are going to write a formal letter to be sent to the respondents. In the

time of meeting, tell whether you held it face to face or online via what platform. You must report also

the exact date of your meeting. You must prepare also a letter of appreciation to your interviewees. You

must tell also if the meeting was recorded using what device. Actual photos during the meeting are also

important and they are to be filed in the appendices. For the architectural documents, narrate how you

collected the papers by telling where you made the transactions.