Methodology - Research -Methodology
Research Methodology chapter describes research methods, approaches and designs in detail highlighting those used throughout the study, justifying my choice through describing advantages and disadvantages of each approach and design taking into …
Questionnaires - Research-Methodology
Questionnaires can be classified as both, quantitative and qualitative method depending on the nature of questions. Specifically, answers obtained through closed-ended questions (also called restricted questions) with multiple choice answer options are analyzed using quantitative methods.
Research Process - Research-Methodology
Individual stages in the research process outlined above are interdependent and the sequence has to be maintained. Moreover, the process of any research tends to be iterative, meaning that you may have to return back to the previous stages of the research process several times for revisions and improvement.
Positivism - Research Methodology
It has to be acknowledged that it is difficult to explain positivism research philosophy in a precise and succinct manner. This is because there are vast differences between settings in which positivism is used by researchers. The number variations in …
interviews - Research-Methodology
Interviews can be defined as a qualitative research technique which involves “conducting intensive individual interviews with a small number of respondents to explore their perspectives on a particular idea, program or situation.”
Exploratory Research - Research-Methodology
Exploratory research, as the name implies, intends merely to explore the research questions and does not intend to offer final and conclusive solutions to existing problems. This type of research is usually conducted to study a problem that has not …
Inductive Approach (Inductive Reasoning) - Research-Methodology
Inductive approach, also known in inductive reasoning, starts with the observations and theories are proposed towards the end of the research process as a result of observations.. Inductive research “involves the search for pattern from observation and the development of explanations – theories – for those patterns through series of hypotheses”.
Types of Research - Research-Methodology
Business research methods can be defined as “a systematic and scientific procedure of data collection, compilation, analysis, interpretation, and implication pertaining to any business problem”.Types of research methods can be classified into several categories according to nature and purpose of the study, methods of data collection, type of …
Action Research - Research-Methodology
Action research can be defined as “an approach in which the action researcher and a client collaborate in the diagnosis of the problem and in the development of a solution based on the diagnosis”.In other words, one of the main characteristic traits of action research relates to collaboration between researcher and member of organisation in order to …
Descriptive Research - Research-Methodology
Descriptive research can be explained as a statement of affairs as they are at present with the researcher having no control over variable. Moreover, “descriptive studies may be characterised as simply the attempt to determine, describe or identify what is, while analytical research attempts to establish why it is that way or how it came to be”.