STAT730 Advance Research Assignment 2 solution (2016)
Estimated reading time: 0 minutes, 41 secondsAssignment Question: Write a brief document describing your own research question ‘Work Motivation’ or ‘Professional Development’. How did you “discover” this question? – Describe the process (Setting the stage, background). How do you propose a research design around your question?
1) Research Question (Not more than 5 lines)
2) Background (Not more than one paragraph)
3) Research Design
- a) Type of Research (Quantitative or Qualitative)
- b) Research Paradigm (Inductive or Deductive)
- c) Nature of Research Study (Descriptive, Explanatory or Exploratory)
- d) Data Collection Tool/Instrument Which tools will be used for data collection? Why a particular tool is selected?
- e) Subjects/Participants
- i. What will be the target population?
- ii. Whether sampling frame will be used or not? (Based on scope of study)
- iii. What type of sampling technique will be used? And Why?
- iv. What will be the sample size? And Why?