Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 11

Criterion for Selecting a Study Design

1Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Public Health Dentistry, S'O’A University

2Senior Resident, Dept. of Orthopedics, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar

3Tutor, Dept. of Public Health Dentistry, S'O’A University

Online published on 27 March, 2020.

Abstract

A research question may be answered by more than one research design. The next logical step after designing a research question is to select an appropriate study design. A research question may be answered by more than one research design. All types of research design have a place, and all have advantages and disadvantages. But not all types of design are always possible for a study.

Keywords

Epidemiology, Study designs, causality