The most common macrame knot is the Square Knot, and many beautiful wall-hangings can be made just using this one knot. 1  Always work with 4 strands of rope. 2  Place the right outside rope across the 2 center ropes. (Always start with the right side.)
Introduction to Design. Research design can be thought of as the structure of research -- it is the glue that holds all of the elements in a research project together. We often describe a design using a concise notation that enables us to summarize a complex design structure efficiently.
Unlike the other approaches we discuss, case study research does not emerge from a particular social scientific tradition. Additionally, case studies can be qualitative and/or quantitative. It is quite likely, as Stake (1994) points out, that researchers doing case study research are calling it by another name. Case studies, as a research design, are also being conducted across disciplines and research traditions. Case studies have been considered a research strategy or design, an evaluation method, and a reporting mode. We felt case study research was important to define because it is a common approach in healthcare research. In part, this may be because the units of interest in healthcare research (patient, practice, health system) can often be easily bounded and seen by the researcher as a case.