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Current chapter sketches the research design and methods deployed by urban infrastructure researchers in Ethiopia. Review devalues higher acceptance of cross-sectional research design at large through surveys. Additionally, descriptive statistics was applauded by majority for the primary data analysis with few exceptions who used advanced technologies such as GIS-based thematic mapping.
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Tiwari, A. (2016). Assessment on Research Design and Methods. In: Urban Infrastructure Research. SpringerBriefs in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30403-8_5
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