my research has a market survey from cosmetic shop owners to identify the most popular skin whitening creams and analyze heavy metals in it plus an online survey to determine KAP on skin whitening among Sri lankans. since this is a combined topic , is it ok if i write the methodology in separate sub sections?Becuase study population and sampling method id different.
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Why would you do a study on such a controversial topic? and what kind of review board would allow you to do this study with products that may be harmful to human subjects?
I suggest that your starting point should be first to clearly identify and specify the research problem you are intending to address, which would then further determine clear formulation of your research question(s), analogous research question(s) and research proposition(s) [qualitative research] or research hypothesis/ hypotheses [quantitative research]. So far as it stands, your enquiry sounds as if your study is not yet well conceptualised and it would be difficult to undertake it.
From all the indications it seems your claim is that the skin whitening creams sold by cosmetic shop owners may contain heavy metals that pose harm to the population using it and if that is the case, why did you not explore the KAP of the said population towards the use of skin whitening creams and have a section of their demographic information capturing the cream details ranging from the type, the content (if they know) and if possible the market where it was bought(Although this might require you providing the details of cosmetic selling shops available in the region).
With this you can use the information from this population to achieve your objectives of interest towards the cosmetic selling shops and save the problem of contrasting approach to your research design.
Best wishes
Planning for research, you should always remember that a scientific study should investigate a specific topic of interest, germane to a particular context or social group, with research ethics in mind. Therefore, you should not have two different topics within a study. Instead, you could carry out two separate investigations and produce two publishable manuscripts. The following tips by Victor Valley College Library (2021) could be of interest.
VVC library. (2021, September 20). LibGuides: Research tips. https://library.vvc.edu/welcome/research
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