You’ve finished Research Design and Methodology — well done. Here’s a quick recap to lock it in, and the best places to go next.

What you’ve learned

Across five lessons, you explored:

• Research Design Fundamentals — aligning question, data, method, and analysis.
• Qualitative Methods — exploring meaning through words and observation.
• Quantitative Methods — measuring and testing with numbers.
• Mixed Methods — combining numbers and meaning for a fuller picture.
• Research Project Planning — timelines, ethics, resources, and contingencies.

Make it stick

Take a question you’re curious about and ask: what evidence would genuinely answer it, and how would I gather that? You’ve begun a research design.

Where to go next

If you enjoyed this course, these are the natural next steps:

• Academic Writing Skills — turn your findings into clear writing.
• Data Management for Researchers — manage the data your research produces.

And the rest of the FRELIP toolkit is always there to put your new skills to work:

• Discovery search — find books and articles.
• Research guides — curated starting points by subject.
• Open-access journal feeds — keep current.
• All FRELIP courses — browse the full catalogue.

This courseware is provided free by FRELIP. Original text released under CC BY 4.0; linked resources remain under their own licences. Curated by the FRELIP Open Courseware editorial team.