Research Onion Layers Rapport Archive Research Research Onion Layers Rapport Issue 30 Publication Date December 28th 2012 Authors Mark Saunders Paul Tosey Most researchers design a piece of research to answer a question or address a problem. They begin by working out what data are needed and then focus how they will obtain these data. Obtaining these data can involve one or a number of data collection techniques such as questionnaires, interviews, and observation as well as making use of secondary data. However, selection of technique or techniques used to obtain data, along with procedures to analyse these data, represents only the final decision about the overall research design. Within this article we use the metaphor of the ‘Research Onion’ (*1; p. 128) to illustrate how these final elements (the core of the research onion) need to be considered in relation to... Research To access the rest of this article, you need to use 1 credit ANLP members get complimentary credits that can be used for purchasing from the Rapport archive - a collection of more than a 1000 high quality articles written by some of the leading voices in the field of NLP. Non-members can buy Rapport credits via the ANLP store. JOIN ANLP BUY RAPPORT CREDITS If you have already purchased this article, you can log in to access it
