...Primery Research Proposal 1. Proposal topic name approved by your Supervisor : Ans : yes 2. The name of the topic is mentioned in the order form : Ans : yes 3. The name of the approved topic to work has given below : Ans : An evaluation on pricing strategy of online Marketing and its impact on customer demand management - A Case Study of Adidas UK Please amend the title as per feed back provided by the tutor. Please strictly follow the structure and guidelines. Order Id: EHUK4113 Please read the additional requirements (Please add research hypothesis). NOTE: Please read carefully sample proposal, Marks sheet and guidelines. - need proper Gantt chart like sample attached - need to check how they give marks (mark sheet) so that client can get more marks Page 1/6 Primery Research - need nice presentation, need page numbering and proper table of content - Please check tutor's feedback on proposal A and fix the proposal accordingly. 4. The aim, objectives and research questions of the Proposal are already approved : Ans : yes 5. The attachment of already approved aims, objectives and research question details has already sent in the order form to follow throughout the research : Ans : yes 6. All the documents send in this regards are properly visible, readable and understandable : Ans : yes 7. A structured outline of the Proposal has provided by the SUPERVISOR : a. Number of journals : Ans : 18 b. Number of books : Ans : 4 c. Number of websites...
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...Ads by Google This hub discusses some of the common elements in a research proposal. Whether you are doing quantitative or qualitative research, it is important that you outline the reasons why you propose doing the study and what process or procedures you will follow to complete the proposed study. Some of the important parts of a good quantitative or qualitative research proposal include: 1. Determining the general topic; 2. Performing a Literature review on the topic; 3. Identifying a gap in the literature; 4. Identifying a problem highlighted by the gap in the literature and framing a purpose for the study; 5. Writing an Introduction to the study; 6. Framing research hypotheses and or research questions to investigate or guide the study; 7. Determine the method of investigation 8. Outline the research design 9. Define the Sample size and the characteristics of the proposed sample; 10. Describe the procedures to follow for data collection and data analyses. Determine a General Topic The first step in writing an academic research proposal is to idenitfy a general topic or subject area to investigate. Usually this first point is the easiest because the research proposal will be tied to the overall theme of a course. In such a case, the the general subject for investigation is normally determined by a professor who is leading the class, the school's department chair, or academic advisory committee. Perform a Literature Review ...
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... Page 21 3 CHOOSING A TOPIC AND THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL Objectives On reading this chapter you should: • • • • • • • • understand the importance of choosing a research topic that lends itself to a ’do-able’ project; be able to evaluate potential topics; be able to formulate a valid research question (and hypothesis); understand the importance of creativity, and its relationship to innovation in formulating your research question; understand the integral role played by the research question; understand the vital role of the research proposal; be aware of the common pitfalls to be avoided in writing a successful proposal; and be able to write a logical and persuasive research proposal. Overview Chapter 3 deals with the practical issues of choosing an appropriate topic for your research project, and with the all important task of developing a research proposal. Section 3.1 deals with the practicalities of evaluating topics from your potential list, in order to choose the most appropriate for your project. Section 3.2 focuses on how to formulate a good research question. The role of the research question and different types of questions are dealt with in Section 3.3. Section 3.4 highlights the functional importance of the research proposal, which is often neglected by undergraduate students. The proposal acts as an exercise in thought, a reference point for supervision, and also as a motivational device. Section 3.5 deconstructs the proposal into its major components in order to...
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...The book called Research Methodology a step-by -step guide for beginners was written based on the author’s experiences as a student and an instructor in research field. Ranjit Kumar, a lecturer in Dayallagh Educational Institute, whose main teaching area are Applied Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Instrumentation, Research Methodology and Environmental Pollution Control, mentions his concept in the Preface that Research methodology is taught in various academic disciplines. In spite of these disciplines vary in content; their extensive approach to a research inquiry is similar. The author’s purpose in this book is to address these scholastic disciplines. This book was written especially for students in universities who are the newcomers to research...
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...This research is targeting the population which are citizens eligible to vote, in this case above the age of 18. There are a mix of Qualitative and quantitative research. About 8 focus groups of sizes Between 6-8 will be conducted at the electoral commission. A couple Of depth interviews will be conducted. The profile of these participants Are citizens eligible to vote. They are picked at random. These research Methods provide a rich insight to the research problem. On the other hand, quantitative research is as important as qualitative research. Telephone surveys, mail surveys as well as online surveys are the different surveys methods used. The sample size is very large and intends to have a good representation of the voting public. Random digit dialing and lists of addresses are used as the sampling strategy. The findings of this research intends to answer of internet voting is effective and a good alternative voting method in the sense that it reduces the costs of public elections but at the same time be reliable and credible. The total cost of implementing this proposal is averaging to about AU$ 121785. The study should take no more than 3 months to complete Previous research literature on this issue shows a couple of key findings that are crucial to this research. It is important to know the costs of previous elections. The background paper shows that the previous election cost more than $95 million. There has been no previous trials...
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...can also have the training courses from the beginning. All the training fees are covered by the company and it offers the salary for employees when they are in the training period. However, the turnover of employees is quite high and the leaving people caused much loss for the company. The aim of this article is to investigate in Huawei’s turnover problem and give a proposal based on data collections that attract major stakeholders’ attention to make some changes. The highly turnover of employees will have bad influence of the strategic management and thus affect the company’s long-term good performance. Research methods and data sources (1.1&1.2) It is necessary to make a research which showing the valid and reliable information before make the suggestions showing to the stakeholders. When conducting a research project, HR officers have to experience a data collection process. The data types can be categorised as follows: primary or secondary and qualitative or quantitative. Horn (2009) describes the definitions of primary data as new collected information which has never been used in the previous research. The secondary...
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...Y METHODS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH From Theory to Practice Marguerite G. Lodico, Dean T. Spaulding, Katherine H. Voegtle METHODS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Y METHODS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH From Theory to Practice Marguerite G. Lodico, Dean T. Spaulding, Katherine H. Voegtle Copyright © 2006 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by Jossey-Bass A Wiley Imprint 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741 www.josseybass.com No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax 978-646-8600, or on the Web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, 201-748-6011, fax 201-748-6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this...
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...BRM 1. What is a research paradigm?positivism?interpretivism? A research paradigm is a philosophical framework that guides how scientific research should be conducted. Positivism is underpinned by the belief that reality is independent of us and the goal is the discovery of theories, based on empirical research (observation and experiment).positivism is associated with quantitative methods of analysis. INTERPRETIVISM Interpretivism is underpinned by the belief that social reality is not objective but highly subjective because it is shaped by our perceptions. interpretivism focuses on exploring the complexity of social phenomena with a view to gaining interpretive understanding. interpretivists adopt a range of methods that 'seek to describe, translate and otherwise come to terms with the meaning, not the frequency of certain more or less naturally occurring phenomena in the social world'. 2. What is the ontological assumption? ONTOLOGICAL ASSUMPTION The ontological assumption is concerned with the nature of reality: * Positivists believe social reality is objective and external to the researcher. There fore, there is only one reality. * Interpretivists believe that social reality is subjective because it is socially constructed. Therefore, each person has his or her own sense of reality and there are multiple realities. 3. What is the epistemological assumption? EPISTEMOLOGICAL ASSUMPTION The epistemological assumption is concerned with...
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...Mini Proposal template Title Rationale My research will focus on... (your topic) This is needed because… (the educational context: policy, social, cultural, political or economic) Scholars argue/have found that… (theory and/or research) However… (state what they have not focused on or not resolved, which is your research ‘space’) Research questions My research questions/aims are: … (aims are statements / questions are questions – use verbs like explore, identify, find out about, evaluate, determine/see/ascertain whether …) Methodology I will conduct my research using … (the overall approach and if relevant the particular kind of research – eg., a qualitative case study, a survey using quantitative methods…) My sources of data will be… (write about your participants – what kinds of people will they be, how many? – or about the materials or documents you will select for analysis – what kind/ how many? What selection criteria/processes will you use and why will you do it this way?) I will collect data by… (write about the methods you will use and why they are good for your research; add on how you will ensure trustworthiness of data) I will analyse my data using… (coding by finding themes? simple quantification?) Significance of research My research will contribute to education… (where? how?) References SOME NOTES ON PROPOSALS As you can see above, in general, in the proposal you will need to provide: 1. A descriptio...
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...RESEARCH DESIGN Qualitative, Quantitative. and Mixed Methods Approaches SECOND EDITION John W. Creswell University of Nebraska, Lincoln SAGE Publications International Educational and Professional Publisher Thousand Oaks London New Delhi ~ 6 7 6 3Copyright O 2003 by Sage Publications, Inc. -3 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Cover image copyright O Sheldan CollinsICorbis; used by permission. For information: Sage Publications, Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 E-mail: order@sagepub.com Sage Publications Ltd. 6 Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PU United Kingdom Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. M-32 Market Greater Kailash I New Delhi 110 048 India Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Creswell, John W. Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method approaches I by John W. Creswel1.- 2nd ed. p. cm Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 0-7619-2441-8 (c) - ISBN 0-7619-2442-6 (pbk.) 1. Social sciences-Research-Methodology. 2. Social sciences-Statistical methods. I. Title. H62 .C6963 2002 30W.7'2-dc21 Acquiring Editor: Editorial Assistant: Production Editor: Copy Editor: Typesetter: Cover Designer: ...
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... | |Quantitative Research |-Requires the collection, analysis, and |-Research is deductive, logical or | | |reporting of data. |reasonable. | | |-Reporting data consist of supplying |-A hypothesis is needed to begin research. | | |readers with participant information, data |- The researcher is ideally an objective | | |patterns, recognition of biases, and |observer that neither participates in nor | | |further research to be conducted |did influence what is being study (Barnes, | | |surrounding the topic. |2005). | |Qualitative Research |-Requires the collection, analysis, and |-Research is inductive, leading on or | ...
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...Write a Research Proposal. Most students and beginning researchers do not fully understand what a research proposal means, nor do they understand its importance. To put it bluntly, one’s research is only as a good as one’s proposal. An ill-conceived proposal dooms the project even if it somehow gets through the Thesis Supervisory Committee. A high quality proposal, on the other hand, not only promises success for the project, but also impresses your Thesis Committee about your potential as a researcher. 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. Generally, a research proposal should contain all the key elements involved in the research process and include sufficient information for the readers to evaluate the proposed study. Regardless of your research area and the methodology you choose, all research proposals must address the following questions: What you plan to accomplish, why you want to do it and how you are going to do it. The proposal should have sufficient information to convince your readers that you have an important research idea, that you have a good grasp of the relevant literature and the major issues, and that your methodology is sound. The quality of your research proposal depends not only on the quality of your proposed project, but also on the quality of your proposal writing. A good research project...
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...Communication Research students in Polytechnic University of the Philippines-College of Communication which focuses on the use of the media, messaging, and an organized set of communication activities to generate specific outcomes in a large number of individuals and in a specified period of time. To enable to practically apply the theoretical concepts discussed during our class lectures, we, the Communication Campaigns students are being required to conduct an Extension program with the purpose imparting our knowledge and skills to fulfill a significant need from one company or research firm that our department can offer. Our group has planned to conduct a 5-year extension program between the PUP-COC and the Hydra Centaurus Research and Development Inc. We got the information of your company through World Wide Web. We chose your company because you‘re young and start-up company and we wish to be part bringing together your goals and establish a well-known, reliable and reputable market research company in the near future. We believe that through this, we can create strong ties between our college and your research firm through a memorandum of agreement. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES This outline is designed to inform you our Training Plan. Every individual training plan focuses on the specific objectives of the training, the skills to be imparted, the methods of training and finally the tasks to be performed by the trainee. 1. Seminar on Fundamentals of Research This seminar...
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...Understanding Business Research Terms and Concepts: Part 1 RES/351 May 31, 2015 Understanding Business Research Terms and Concepts: Part 1 To comprehend business research specifications and hypotheses there must be an informative awareness of by what means to differentiate among qualitative and quantitative approaches of research. To set apart the research and utilize the qualitative approaches it provides the framework opposed to completely identifying with the results and findings that are found in quantitative approach. Clark (2010) “Engaging with qualitative research as a participant, respondent, subject, or informant is non-compulsory” (para. 2). The research captures what individuals allow to express in their own words and communicate his or her involvements and experiences profundity. Qualitative information offers the quality of genuine existence in addition to its differences; the data provides an insight partial to the rational and the emotional state that stimulates individuals to take action. To be concise, the quantitative approaches are reliable, standardized, logically acquiring to the point replications from numerous credible clients. Often clarifying sound and significant qualitative research strategies and quantitative research proposals taking part in particular organization circumstances it requires informative research types that could be dependable or conceptual. Informative research focuses on what is the motive and purpose. For instance...
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...Module Specification | Code: | BS21116 | Title: | Research Project | Credits: | 15 | Level: | 5 | Administering School: | East Lancashire Business School | Module Leader(s): | Dr Stephen Kirkup | Assessment Split: | Coursework 100% | Recommended precursors: | SS11112 Research Methods | Typical Delivery mode: | In class delivery | Total contact hours: | Typically 45 | Module Description: | This module will provide students with the opportunity to carry out a small scale research project on an appropriate topic. It will build on and extend the knowledge and skills acquired at Level One in the Research Methods module. | Module TLA Strategy: | Learning and teaching is predominantly targeted on an individual basis through on-going supervision. However, to facilitate reinforcement of research methodologies and principles, there will be some formal sessions based on lectures and seminars. This is augmented with the use of peer group based reflections on the ongoing progress and reflection of the research.Assessment1 updated and modified project proposal (20%) and a 2,000 word report on the task/project (80%) | Programme Outcomes to which the module contributes: | A6 A8 C3 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 | Syllabus: | The students will undertake a programme of self managed study with guidance from their project supervisor.Students will:- * Modify their research proposal (previously generated) * Consider the ethics involved * Apply...
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