Take something you want to investigate and turn it into a study that makes sense from beginning to end.

A practical research-design handbook for moving from the problem through the question, literature, methodology, investigation, interpretation, and the conclusions you can responsibly defend.

Inside:

→ A practical process for moving from a vague idea to a research problem worth investigating
→ How to read literature to change your understanding rather than merely collect citations
→ How to design research questions that are answerable, consequential, and appropriately scoped
→ How to decide what kind of evidence would actually answer the question
→ How to choose methods from the question rather than force questions around familiar methods
→ Experimental, computational, and people-based worked cases throughout
→ Tools for assumptions, variables, measurement quality, controls, comparison, bias, uncertainty, and validity
→ A section on exploratory vs confirmatory work, preregistration, and honest interpretation
→ How to diagnose failed, confusing, or inconclusive research