Choosing a research topic and developing your research proposal
31 important questions on Choosing a research topic and developing your research proposal
What is important to do before commencing the research process?
What is secondary literature?
What is grey (or primary) literature?
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Explain Qualitative vs. Quantitative Data?
- Qualitative Data – NON-numerical data or data that has not been quantified -> based on meanings expressed through words and images.
- Quantitative Data – Numerical data or data that has been quantified -> based on meanings derived from numbers
What is the goldilocks test accoring to clough and nutbrown?
What is a journal (also known as periodicals, serials, and magazines)?
In order to clarify a research question, Clough and Nutbrown (2012) talk of the Russion doll principle what is this?
Prior to discussion with your project tutor you may wish to conduct a brainstorm session with your peers or use the Delphi technique what is this?
Of what are your research question and research aim complementary ways of?
What are research objectives?
Your objectives allow you to operationalise your question what do we mean with that?
Whetten identified that theory is composed of four elements what, how, why and a fourth group of who, where and when what is that summarised?
1) what are the concepts or variables that the theory examines?
2)how are these concepts or variables related? (key aspect here is causality)
3)why are these concepts or variables related?
4) who does this theory apply to; where does this theory apply; when does this theory apply?
What is in Sutton and Staws view theory not?
What is the purpose of Action research?
Describe the two forms of ethnography.
- Realist ethnography
- Closest to the ethnographic strategy
- The realist ethnographer believes in objectivity, factual reporting and identifying ‘true’ meanings.
- Interpretive ethnography
- The interpretive ethnographer believes in the likelihood of multiple meanings rather than being able to identify a single, true meaning.
- Those being observed are treated as participants rather than subjects.
Describe the three experimental designs.
- Classical experiment
- Sample of participants is selected and then randomly assigned to either an experimental group or to the control group.
- Quasi-experiments
- The researcher will not randomly assign participants to each group, perhaps because participants are only available in pre-formed groups
- Within-subject designs
- There will be only a single group, rather than a separation into an experimental group and a control group. In this approach every participant is exposed to the planned intervention or series of interventions. For this reason, this approach is known as repeated measures.
What are the purposes of the three research objectives?
- Exploratory studies: ask open questions to discover what is happening and gain insight into a topic of interest.
- Descriptive studies: to gain an accurate profile of events persons or situations.
- Explanatory studies: studies that establish causal relationships between variables.
What are the purposes of the three research objectives?
- Exploratory studies: ask open questions to discover what is happening and gain insight into a topic of interest.
- Descriptive studies: to gain an accurate profile of events persons or situations.
- Explanatory studies: studies that establish causal relationships between variables.
Theory published in the literature may inform your proposed researched question in several ways, in what ways?
What is important on how theory is developed?
What is an inductive approach?
What is another way to examine the theoretical contributions into business and management?
What is the research proposal?
What do you need to do before you can write your research proposal?
What do a well-thought-out and well-written research proposal have the potential to provide you with?
What do we mean with ethical considerations?
as a professional student you may also need to be aware of and abide by the ethical requirements of your professional institute
What should the background section lead to?
The method is designed to answer the question, 'how shall I conduct my research?' the method may be divided into sub-sections in what sections?
By answering what question will you also need to describe the data collection and analysis techniques you intend?
Many researchers use a Gantt chart to produce a schedule for their research project what is this?
Symmetry of potential outcomes (appropriateness)
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