Research Methodology — Academic Writing Template
Download and use a free research methodology template for your academic document. Structured, formatted, and ready to use with WritingBuddy.
What's included
Everything pre-structured so you can focus on your research, not the formatting.
- Research Philosophy / Paradigm
- Research Design (qualitative / quantitative / mixed)
- Sampling Strategy
- Data Collection Methods
- Data Analysis Approach
- Validity & Reliability
- Ethical Considerations
- Limitations
- Research Philosophy — Positivism, interpretivism, pragmatism?
- Research Design — Qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods?
- Sampling — Population, sample size, sampling technique
- Data Collection — Surveys, interviews, experiments, secondary data
- Data Analysis — Thematic analysis, regression, content analysis, etc.
- Ethics — IRB approval, consent, confidentiality
- Limitations — What this design cannot tell you
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