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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note : Research Design

  • UPSC 1985
  • Sociology as a Science

A research design is the overall plan connecting a research question to the evidence that will answer it, and not every plan that gets the researcher from question to data collection is equally sound.

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What the full answer covers

  • Validity: Does the Design Genuinely Test What It Claims To
  • Reliability: Consistency If the Study Were Repeated
  • Feasibility: Practical, Ethical, and Resource Constraints
  • Appropriateness to the Research Question
  • Value Addition
  • Conclusion

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