Unit 11 Research Project
Unit 11 Research Project
To:
LO1:
P1:
Produce a research proposal that clearly defines a research question or hypothesis supported
by a literal view?
A research proposal is intended to convince others that you have a worthwhile research project
and that you have the competence and the work-plan to complete it. Broadly the research
proposal must address the following questions regardless of your research area and the
methodology you choose: What you plan to accomplish, why do you want to do it and how are
you going to do it. The aim of this article is to highlight the essential concepts and not to
provide extensive details about this topic.
1. Background of the study: The main idea of the background of the study is to establish
the area of research in which your work belongs, and to provide a context for the
research problem. It also provides information to research topic.
2. Statement of the problem: When you start a research, you’ve a question that you wish
to seek answer for. The question leads to a problem that needs to be solved by the
research. Begin the research with a description of the problem or a thesis statement.
3. Objectives of the study: States what your research hopes to accomplish.
4. Significance of the study: Why your research is important and what contributions will it
give to the field. It is also advised to state how your findings can make a difference and
why is it important that the research be carried out.
5. Limitation of the study: It is not possible to include all aspects of a particular problem.
State what is not included. Specify the boundaries of your research. A too wide area of
investigation is impractical and will lead to problems.
6. Definition of the terms: Terms or concepts that you use should be defined and
explained unless they are familiar or obvious. You should refer to authoritative sources
for definitions.
7. Literature Review: A literature review is a survey of scholarly sources (such as books,
journal articles, and theses) related to a specific topic or research question. It is often
written as part of a thesis, dissertation, or research paper, in order to situate your work
in relation to existing knowledge.
8. Methodology: Research methodology simply refers to the practical “how” of any given
piece of research. More specifically, it’s about how a researcher systematically designs a
study to ensure valid and reliable results that address the research aims and objectives.
P2: Examine appropriate research methods and approaches to primary and secondary
research?
The motivation behind essential examination is to assemble data and answer addresses that
have not been asked previously. Essential examination is ordinarily additional tedious and
has higher related expenses, so it is to the greatest advantage of an association to just lead
essential exploration after the holes in accessible optional exploration have been identified.
Primary exploration ought to be directed solely after thorough auxiliary examination is
finished. This is imperative to note since essential examination utilizes a bigger number of
assets than optional exploration. In essential examination, the exploration group is
responsible for everything from picking the best strategy to contact an ideal crowd, to what
explicit measurements ought to be estimated. Leading auxiliary examination previously is
important to figure out what data isn't as of now accessible so time and cash isn't
squandered on repetitive essential exploration.
Primary research: Primary research is a type of research that requires the researcher to
participate directly in the data-gathering process. In primary research, the researcher does
not depend on already existing data; rather he or she collects first-hand information which
serves as research materials for the systematic investigation.
These type of research gives the researcher absolute ownership of the data which is
extremely important for businesses and organizations in fast-paced markets. These
organizations utilize primary research to gather valuable information about consumer needs
and preferences before launching a new product or service.
Usually, primary research focuses on the specific needs of the research contexts. However,
this type of research is expensive, time-consuming and it usually requires a lot of skilled
resources that may not be readily available and this is why many businesses outsource this
to 3rd party market research companies.
Data for secondary research can be accessed from the internet, archive, libraries,
educational institutions and organizational reports. However, extra care must be taken by
the researcher to ensure that the data is valid as this can have a negative impact on the
research process and outcomes.
M1:
Evaluate different research approaches and methodology and make justification for the
choice of methods based on philosophical, theoretical frameworks?
In performing academic research, different approaches and technologies can be used.
However, the researcher has to settle for the most appropriate research approach and
methodology based on the theoretical and physical frameworks that are available. Some of
the most commonly used research methodologies and approaches in qualitative analysis,
literature review, and detective analysis, among others. For this approach, the qualitative
methodology is appropriate because it will guarantee first-hand information from the
participants who have been involved directly when the topic of study. Also, it will ensure
that the researcher gets the right information to be used in making conclusions about cyber
bullying.
P3: Conduct primary and secondary research using appropriate methods for a business
that consider cost access and ethical issues?
Secondary analysis refers to the use of existing research data to find answer to a question
that was different from the original work. Secondary data can be large scale surveys or data
collected as part of personal research. Although there is general agreement about sharing
the results of large scale surveys, but little agreement exists about the second. While the
fundamental ethical issues related to secondary use of research data remain the same, they
have become more pressing with the advent of new technologies. Data sharing, compiling
and storage have become much faster and easier. At the same time, there are fresh
concerns about data confidentiality and security.
Ethical issues: Ethical issues in business are a situation where a moral conflict arises and
must be addressed. In other words, it is an occasion where a moral standard is questioned.
Ethical issues occur when a given decision, scenario or activity creates a conflict with a
society’s moral principles. Both individuals and businesses can be involved in these conflicts,
since any of their activities might be put to question from an ethical standpoint. Individuals
are subject to these issues in their relationships with other individuals or in their
relationships with organizations and same goes for organizations.
These conflicts are sometimes legally dangerous, since some of the alternatives to solve the
issue might breach a particular law. In other occasions, the issue might not have legal
consequences but it might generate a negative reaction from third parties. Ethical issues are
challenging because they are difficult to deal with if no guidelines or precedents are known.
For this reason, many professional and industry associations have ethical codes that are
discussed and approved by key participants to provide a useful framework for companies
and individuals to make adequate decisions whenever they face one of these conflicts.
P4: Take appropriate research tools analyze research findings and data?
Research data analysis is a process used by researchers for reducing data to a story and
interpreting it to derive insights. The data analysis process helps in reducing a large chunk of
data into smaller fragments, which makes sense.
Every kind of data has a rare quality of describing things after assigning a specific value to it.
For analysis, you need to organize these values, processed and presented in a given context,
to make it useful. Data can be in different forms; here are the primary data types.
Qualitative data: When the data presented has words and descriptions, then we call it
qualitative data. Although you can observe this data, it is subjective and harder to analyze
data in research, especially for comparison. Example: Quality data represents everything
describing taste, experience, texture, or an opinion that is considered quality data. This type
of data is usually collected through focus groups, personal interviews, or using open-ended
questions in surveys.
Quantitative data: Any data expressed in numbers of numerical figures are called
quantitative data. This type of data can be distinguished into categories, grouped,
measured, calculated, or ranked. Example: questions such as age, rank, cost, length, weight,
scores, etc. everything comes under this type of data. You can present such data in
graphical format, charts, or apply statistical analysis methods to this data. The (Outcomes
Measurement Systems) OMS questionnaires in surveys are a significant source of collecting
numeric data.
M2: Discuss merits, limitations and pitfalls of approaches to data collection and analysis.
Official statistics may reflect the biases of those in power – limiting what you can
find out.
Official statistics – the way things are measured may change over time, making
historical comparisons difficult (As with crime statistics, the definition of crime keeps
changing.)
Documents may lack authenticity– parts of the document might be missing because
of age, and we might not even be to verify who actually wrote the document,
meaning we cannot check whether its biased or not.
Representativeness – documents may not be representative of the wider population
–especially a problem with older documents. Many documents do not survive
because they are not stored, and others deteriorate with age and become unusable.
Other documents are deliberately withheld from researchers and the public gaze,
and therefore do not become available.
Questionnaires
Interview
Stakeholders are people or organizations who have an interest in your research project, or
affect or are affected by its outcomes. Stakeholders include those who are both supportive
of your research, as well as those who may be less supportive or indeed critical of it.
Stakeholders include those who are both supportive of your research, as well as those who
may be less supportive or indeed critical of it. The purpose of stakeholder analysis is to:
identify project stakeholders. Determine what interest each stakeholder has in your project.
There are three basic forms of communication that define information distribution
formats:
Convincing arguments:
Research objectives are usually expressed in lay terms and are directed as much to the
client as to the researcher. Research objectives may be linked with a hypothesis or used as a
statement of purpose in a study that does not have a hypothesis.
Even if the nature of the research has not been clear to the layperson from the hypotheses,
s/he should be able to understand the research from the objectives.
A statement of research objectives can serve to guide the activities of research. Consider
the following examples.
• To describe what factors farmers take into account in making such decisions as whether to
adopt a new technology or what crops to grow.
• In the case of the first example, the research will end the study by being able to specify
factors which emerged in household decisions.
• In the second, the result will be the specification of a pollution reduction budget.
• In the third, creating a picture of the habitat of the giant panda in China.
P6: Reflect on the effectiveness of research methods applied for meeting objectives of the
business research project?
Alternative research methods differ from quantitative and qualitative data by focusing
primarily on data that is not based off of fact-based research. Instead, the data that is
collected is usually based off of individual's experiences and does not normally have to be a
research method is a strategy used to implement that plan. Research design and methods
are different but closely related; because good research design ensures that the data you
obtain will help you answer your research question more effectively. It depends on your
research goal. It depends on what subjects (and who) you want to study. Let's say you are
interested in studying what makes people happy, or why some students are more conscious
about recycling on campus. To answer these questions, you need to make a decision about
how to collect your data. Most frequently used methods include:
M4: Provide critical reflection and insight those results in recommended actions for
improvements and future research considerations?
Reflective writing:
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