A systematic plan to coordinate archaeological research to ensure the efficient use of resources and to guide the research according to scientific methods.
the science and art of planning procedures for conducting studies so as to get the most valid findings. Called "design" for short. When designing a research study, one draws up a set of instructions for gathering evidence and for interpreting it.
a plan constructed prior to excavation that seeks systematic problems to solve; a research strategy
set of questions about the site; the excavation will be planned to get information relevant to these questions.
How a study is set up to collect information, or data. For valid results, the design must be appropriate to answer the question or hypothesis being studied.
A systematic plan to gather data. The research design looks at what data to gather, from whom, how and when to collect, and how the data will be analyzed. This is the “roadmap†to research.
A plan of what data to gather, from whom, how and when to collect the data, and how to analyze the data obtained.