{"id":130,"date":"2015-03-13T00:40:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T00:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2015-06-04T18:11:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T18:11:49","slug":"study-design-considerations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=130","title":{"rendered":"Study Design Considerations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3b79.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-110 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3b79-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"a3b79\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3b79-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3b79-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3b79.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, you need to determine what kind of <a title=\"Possible Methods\" href=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=97\">methods<\/a> could be used to answer your research questions.<\/p>\n<p>The sheet provides a first step for figuring out methods once you have a research question.<\/p>\n<p>Worksheet Here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/For-Your-Research-Question.docx\">For Your Research Question<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, you need to figure out a\u00a0<a title=\"Sampling Schemes\" href=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=133\">sampling scheme<\/a>. A list of these is included here. \u00a0As geologists, we usually find that some type of stratified system is the most efficient and can be used to address both questions where we are looking to create a relationship and if you are trying to establish a difference between two locations.<\/p>\n<p>It is sometimes useful\u00a0to think about\u00a0<a title=\"Scaling and Sampling\" href=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=137\">scaling<\/a>\u00a0when putting together sampling.<\/p>\n<p>A list of equipment and how to do analyses\u00a0\u00a0(methods) is\u00a0<a title=\"Possible Methods\" href=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=97\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, you need to determine what kind of methods could be used to answer your research questions. The sheet provides a first step for figuring out methods once you have a research question. Worksheet Here:\u00a0For Your Research Question Then, you need to figure out a\u00a0sampling scheme. A list of these is included here. \u00a0As geologists, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=130\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Study Design Considerations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-130","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7rmFU-26","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}