Suppose you are going to conduct a study utilizing Quantitative Research Design: which type of research would you use, and which method would you utilize to collect data and select your sample.

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A descriptive research design is the quantitative research design I would use for my study. In this research method, specified characteristics of the population under investigation or a phenomenon are studied. Descriptive research study puts much focus on describing the demographic aspects of the population being studied, and not why the specific aspect appears the way they are (Aggarwal & Ranganathan, 2019). In other words, it answers the “what question” about research subject without giving reasons for their occurrence.  Descriptive research is well…