...Example of the research design part of a thesis (Education) Example 2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY In the previous chapter, the effects of IGI promoting discovery-learning, procedure of IGI, and the effectiveness of IGI on SLA and motivation are discussed. From the insights, parameters for designing materials, tests, and questionnaire are drawn out. Chapter Three is divided into five sections. Research design and subjects and program description sections provide general information about the study. The next three parts, materials, instruments, and procedures of the research are described in details. 3.1. Research Design This study is carried out with a one group pre-test and post-test design. In this experimental research, the implementation of discovery-learning through IGI (independent variable) will be monitored, and acquisition about English tenses and learners’ motivation (dependent variables) will be measured. The grammar points in this research are English tenses. A pre-test and a post-test are designed to be the same. An anonymous questionnaire on motivation is delivered after the treatment instruction. 3.2. Subjects and Program Description The researcher, who is also the teacher, carries out the study in six classes in Course 28 and Course 29 at CFL in 2006. The experimental course, Level-Seven Grammar Course, is the first of three courses for Level C (low-advanced-English level). The grammar...
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...Questionnaire Design Rohit Vishal Kumar For Circulation to MBA 3rd Year Marketing Specialisation Class of 2003 August 2002 Abstract This article deals with the practicle problem of making a questionnaire. It points out the pitfalls, the common errors, methods and industry practises etc. Do not expect that your first questionnaire will come out trumps... Questionnaire design takes a lot of hard work, and work ... and re work before you can start mastering the arcane art. Use the article as a guide to what to do and what not to do, and ... start your work. I am sure you will not only understand the design of questionnaire better but also be able to design better questionnaire. As the outcome of the research is the report — I have included in Appendix A the outline that needs to be followed when writing a research report. The sample questionnaire used in the article is presented in Appendix B 1 Introduction Every stage of marketing research is important but the most important stage is the designing of questionnaire since if the questionnaire design is faulty then no amount of clever interviewing, analysis and interpretations can provide meaningful answers. Questionnaire is the basic research tool and can be defined as collection of a formalised set of questions — drawn up with the research problem in mind — used for obtaining information from the respondent for finding solutions to the research problem. The various steps in questionnaire design can be classified as follows:(i)...
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...Marketing Research Designing a Questionnaire to Survey Santa Fe Grill Customers? Hands-On Exercise 1. Based on the research objectives, does the self-administered questionnaire, in its current form, correctly illustrate sound questionnaire design principles? Please explain why or why not. Yes, the questionnaire has illustrated correctly the design principles. It clearly identified the research objectives. All the questions are designed in simple words and easy to understand. They are designed in a proper order with sections. The rating scale is used in the questionnaire; this is easy for participants to make choices. 2. Overall, is the current survey design able to capture the required data needed to address all the stated research objectives? Why or why not? If changes are needed, how would you change the survey’s design? Yes, the survey design is able to collect required data, which is address all the stated research objectives. As mentioned in Question 1, all the questions are designed into different sections. Section 1 and 5 will help to collect the demographic profile. Questions in section 2 are about the customers’ perceptions to the restaurant, such as food quality, services, and environment. Section 3 is addressed to investigate whether these participants will return or recommend the restaurant to others. Section 4 listed four main factors (Prices, Food Quality, Atmosphere, Service) that customers may concern, and this section will collect the information about...
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...Designing survey questions on food-related issues Question design toolkit based on a theory of behavioural change Jo d’Ardenne, Sally McManus, Julia Hall Designing survey questions on food-related issues: Question design toolkit based on a theory of behavioural change Jo d’Ardenne, Sally McManus, Julia Hall October 2011 Prepared for the Department of Health Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................ Executive summary ........................................................................................... 1 Introduction ............................................................................ 1 1.1 1.2 Background and aims .................................................................................................... 1 The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) ...................................................................... 2 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.3 Why use the Theory of Planned Behaviour? ............................................ 2 What is the Theory of Planned Behaviour? .............................................. 3 Strengths and weaknesses of the Theory of Planned Behaviour ............. 6 Outline of report .............................................................................................................. 6 2 Mapping existing survey questions to TPB constructs ....... 8 2.1 2.2 Review of longitudinal surveys ..................................
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...Answer No 1 Introduction of Company Background A local conglomerate with business in producing semi conductor equipment that located in Petaling Jaya, Selangor with total manpower strength of 260 employees. The Company started its operations in June 2010 with strength of 130 employees and thereafter expanding its businesses globally. Due to increasing demands from all corners of the world, a strategic planning is required to ensure proper planning in production and management where a competitive edge is needed in order to keep ahead of its competitors and to stays competitive and innovative. The Management has recently came up with a new business target or goals for 2012 where they are trying to reduce product defect by 50% and at the same time to have a well competent employees in their own areas of work. This will ensure higher profit when defects and wastage can be reduce or eliminated. In view of the above, Human Resources have been given the assignment to identify problems or issues within the organisation and to propose to the Management on the suitable approach or processes in determining for such needs. Hence, Human Resource has proposed to the Management Training Needs Analysis as series of activities conducted to identify problems or other issues in the workplace and to determine whether training is an appropriate response. The needs are usually the first step taken to cause a change. This is mainly because a needs analysis specifically defines the gap...
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...PRINT VERSION OF THE COMPETING VALUES COMPETENCY QUESTIONNAIRE TO ACCOMPANY BECOMING A MASTER MANAGER: A Competing Values Approach FIFTH EDITION QUINN / FAERMAN/ THOMPSON / MCGRATH / ST. CLAIR (Text published by John Wiley & Sons) If you have questions about this questionnaire, please email them to: Lstclair@bryant.edu Copyright © 2011 Competing Values Competency Questionnaire The Competing Values Competency Questionnaire is a tool to help you assess your development as a managerial leader with respect to the four quadrants of the competing values framework.* This questionnaire consists of 100 questions related to skills that managerial leaders need to meet the challenges of complexity, ambiguity, and paradox that characterize the world today. For each item, indicate how often you have successfully engaged in the activity. Rate yourself on the following 7 point scale: Never | Very Seldom | Seldom | Occasionally | Frequently | Very Frequently | Almost Always | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | It is important to note that this questionnaire is not designed to provide a final evaluation of your ability as a managerial leader. It is designed to provide a “snap-shot” profile, based on your current experience, strengths, and weaknesses. You then can use the profile to create a personal development plan based on your individual needs and interests. Some items refer to general activities that you may do regularly, such...
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...Kini in an open house where they get an opportunity to ask these leaders about their experiences. Ice breaking events are conducted. Day 2: Market Visit. This gives the new employees an exposure to the real time developments in the market and thus the related issues and business problems. Day 3: Talks and Open House discussions with Vice Presidents of the various Business Functions. Day 4: Plant visit to a bottling plant of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages. Understanding the supply chain aspects and operational aspects of sales. Day 5: Route Ride – Starting from depot early in morning, going with the supply truck to each retail outlet to provide daily supply. Day 6: Visit to a school adopted by Support My School. Conducting team building exercises for promote leadership and collaboration. (I)...
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...Scientific Papers (www.scientificpapers.org) Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and Information Technology Issue 6 October 2011 Designing an Effective Female Leadership Model in Governmental Organizations Authors: Nosratollah MALEKI, International Relations School of Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran, nosrat.maleki@gmail.com, Aryan ASKARI, University of Tehran, Iran, aryan1072@gmail.com, Mohamad Amin GHANBARI, University of Tehran, Iran, ma.ghanbarei@gmail.com Since leadership is a critical factor for improving organizational performance, failure or success of an organization highly depends on the efficiency of leadership at all levels. Scholars elaborated that leadership is the ability of influencing one's attitudes, aptitudes and beliefs, in the way that it will lead to meet organizational objectives. The main purpose of this study is to consider two domains of efficient leadership and women’s leadership style, in order to determine and elaborate the dimensions of the new concept of “Women’s Efficient Leadership”. We intend to describe the characteristics of women’s efficient leadership in state organizations in Iran by means of offering a logical pattern, in order to be able to propose a favorable pattern, leading to increased efficiency in governmental organizations of the country. Innovation of this study can be divided into two parts: one is theoretical contribution and developing the knowledge of efficient leadership as well as women’s leadership...
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...IMPORTANCE OF QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES IN MANAGERIAL DECISIONS *P.Murugesan Abstract The term ‘Quantitative techniques’ refers to the methods used to quantify the variables in any discipline. It means the application of subjects like mathematics and statistics, econometrics and operations research to understand and solve problems.. It is a study of the application of differential calculus, integral calculus and matrix algebra, measures of central tendencies, measures of averages, correlation and regression etc. It also includes the application of the techniques of management science such as Linear programming, Game theory, CPM and PERT analyses to business problems. The relevance and usefulness of Quantitative Techniques in seven functional areas of Management are discussed in this paper. Introduction: Truly, the importance of Quantitative proficiency cannot be over emphasized to Management Professionals! This body of knowledge involving quantitative approaches has been given various names likeBusiness Mathematics, Business Statistics, Operations Research, Decision Science and Management Science. All are concerned with rational approaches to decision making based on the scientific method. For example, consider the following simple mathematical problem: A) “A Mayor of a town wants to improve the bus services between 2 destinations falling within his district. The destinations are 1 hour journey apart and he wants the bus services in such a way that a traveler need not wait for more...
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...LP-2.1-Assignment: End-of-Chapter Exercises............ Describe the five steps in the marketing research process. Step 1-Locating and Defining issues or problems: This step focus on uncovering the nature and boundaries of a situation or question related to marketing strategy or implementation. In defining the issues or problems, the researcher should take into account the purpose of the study, the relevant background information is needed, and how it will be used in decision making. Step 2-Designing the Research Project: This step is focused on created a research plan or overall approach on how you are going to solve the issue or problem identified. A research plan or approach is a framework or blueprint for conducting the marketing research project. It details the procedures necessary for obtaining the required information, and its purpose is to design a study that will test the hypothesis of interest, determine possible answers to the research questions, and provide the information needed for decision making. Research Design Involves the Following steps : [2] Secondary data analysis Qualitative research Methods of collecting quantitative data {survey, observation, and experimentation}. Definition of the information needed Measurement and scaling procedure Questionnaire design Sample process and sample size Plan of data analysis ...
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.... ReseaRching and WRiting a disseRtation a guidebook foR business students Colin Fisher second edition . Researching and Writing a Dissertation: A Guidebook for Business Students . We work with leading authors to develop the strongest educational materials in management, bringing cutting-edge thinking and best learning practice to a global market. Under a range of well-known imprints, including Financial Times Prentice Hall, we craft high-quality print and electronic publications which help readers to understand and apply their content, whether studying or at work. To find out more about the complete range of our publishing, please visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk . Researching and Writing a Dissertation: A Guidebook for Business Students Second edition Colin Fisher with John Buglear Diannah Lowry Alistair Mutch Carole Tansley . Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies throughout the world Visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk First published 2004 Second edition 2007 © Pearson Education Limited 2004 © Pearson Education Limited 2007 The right of Colin Fisher to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical...
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...often, businesses spend thousands of dollars launching a "new" idea with a limited market because of competition. The owner is forced to reevaluate his strategy and determine if there is room for another player. Although the quality of the product is critical, your development of the best product on the market will not necessarily correlate with the most sales. Up to 50 percent of a product's price can be for marketing. The company who wins the marketing game generally will capture the larger share of the market. For related information, see Identify Your Target Market. Conducting a market analysis will help you: 1. Prepare to enter a new market 2. Launch a new product/service 3. Start a new business At the completion of this exercise, you should be able to: • Explain the concepts of a marketing analysis • Determine if there is a need for your idea or product/service • Identify a new market • Analyze your current market • Gain a competitive advantage • Begin to establish a marketing plan Outline: I. Marketing Analysis - What Is It? Why Should You Do It? II. The Complete Process: A. Defining the Problem B. Analysis of the Situation C. Obtaining Data That Is Specific to the Problem D. Data Analysis and Interpretation E. Fostering Ideas and Problem Solving F. Marketing Plan III. Resources I. Marketing Analysis - What Is It? Why Should You Do It? Although the terms "marketing"...
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...JRTE, 40(3), 281–307 Benefits and Constraints of Distributed Cognition in Foreign Language Learning: Creating a Web-based Tourist Guide for London Susanne Narciss and Hermann Koerndle Dresden University of Technology Abstract This paper uses the framework of distributed cognition to discuss benefits and constraints of technology adoption and use in social-constructive language learning scenarios. The purposes of this paper are (a) to describe how the open-ended knowledge construction and communication tools TEE (The Electronic Exercise) and EF-editor (Exercise Format Editor) can serve socialconstructive language learning from a distributed cognition point of view, (b) to report how TEE and EF-editor have been used in a foreign language classroom with 25 seventh grade students for creating a Web-based tourist guide to London, and (c) to present the results of an evaluative study investigating the benefits and constraints the teacher and students experienced through this learning scenario. Finally, these results are discussed with regard to the heuristic value of distributed cognition for technology-enhanced social-constructive learning-scenarios. (Keywords: Distributed cognition, multimedia tool, social-constructive language learning, multimedia literacy.) INTRODUCTION Foreign language learning is crucial to students’ academic and personal education. In many domains, a person’s professional and individual success is related more or less to her ability to communicate...
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...Getting Started: The Anatomy and Physiology of Clinical Research Stephen B. Hulley, Thomas B. Newman, and Steven R. Cummings This chapter introduces clinical research from two viewpoints, setting up themes that run together through the book. One theme is the anatomy of research-what it's made of. This includes the tangible elements of the study plan: the research question, design, subjects, measurements, sample size calculation, and so forth. An investigator's goal is to create these elements in a form that will make the project fast, inexpensive, and easy. The other theme is the physiology of research-how it works. Studies are useful to the extent that they yield valid inferences, first about what happened in the study sample and then about generalizing these events to people outside. the study. The goal is to minimize the errors, random and systematic, that threaten conclusions based on these inferences. Separating these two themes is artificial in the same way that the anatomy of the human body does not make much sense without some understanding of its physiology. But the separation has the same advantage: It clarifies our thinking about a complex topic. . THE ANATOMY OF RESEARCH: WHAT IT'S MADE OF The structure of a research project is set out in its protocol, the written plan of the study. Protocols are well kn~wn as devices for seeking grant funds, but they also have a vital scientific function: helping the investigator to organize her research in a logical, focused...
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...speak acts as the employees‟ „bible‟ that would set the standards and needed qualifications in successfully performing one‟s functions in the organization. In any organization, this function is the starting point of human resources management. Clearly, other HR functions such as, but not limited to, hiring, performance appraisal, training needs analysis, compensation management, cast dependence on it. This can be manifested in the following paradigm: “That In All Things God May Be Glorified” San Beda College GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 2 Recruitment & Selection (creating a right fit between Job & candidate) PURPOSE OF JOB ANALYSIS Performance Analysis (Evaluation & Appraisal) Training & Development Need Analysis Job Designing & Redesigning, Enrichment, Enlargement Compensation Management (From Managementstudyguide.com) As earlier...
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