Research Design: • Research design is a set of advanced decisions that make up the master plan specifying the methods and procedures for collecting and analyzing the needed information. | Research Design Research Design Research design is a set of advanced decisions that make up the master plan specifying the methods and procedures for collecting and analyzing the needed information. Ch 5 2 The Significance of Research Design Although every problem and research objective may be unique there are enough similarities that allow us to make some decisions in advance about the best plan to resolve the problem. Ch 5