Introduction of Research

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It is the process of inquiry and investigation

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Research

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It is systematic and methodical and it increase knowledge

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Research

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It is a step-by-step process that involves the collecting, recording, analyzing, and interpreting of information

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Research

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These are the main focus of any project and can be probably best be described as the “the glue that holds the project together”

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research questions

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Examples of business research

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BUSINESS ASPECT:
Consumer Behavior
Human Resources
Promotion
Product
Finance

RESEARCH ISSUE:
Buying habits
Employee attitudes
Media research
Test markets
Forecasting

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It is all about providing answers to questions and developing knowledge

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It is important in identifying opportunities and threats

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The six main elements of research methodology

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Research philosophy
research approach
research strategy
research design
data collection
data analysis techniques

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SUBPART OF RESEARCH PHILOSOPHH

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EPISTEMOLOGY:
Positivism
Interpretivism
Pragmatism
ONTOLOGY:
Objectivism
Subjectivism
AXIOLOGY:
Value-free
Biased

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2 Research Approach

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Inductive and Deductive

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3 Research Strategy

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Quantitative
Qualitative
Multi-strategy research

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7 Research design

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action research
case study
experimental
longitudinal
cross-sectional
archival analysis
comparative

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4 data collection

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interviews
questionnaires
observation
secondary data

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7 data analysis techniques

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descriptive statistics
inferential statistics
grounded theory
narrative analysis
discourse analysis
visual analysis
content analysis

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It is a theory building process, starting with observations of specific and fences and seeking to establish generalization about the phenomenon under investigation

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Inductive approach

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Seeking to make observations about your research perhaps contribute to another theory

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Inductive approach

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It begins with and applies a well-known theory

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Deductive approach

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This means that you are applying siri rather than attempting to generate new to you through an inductive approach

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Deductive approach

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It implies an emphasis on the qualities of entities and on processes and meanings that are not experimental e examine or measure in terms of quantity amount intensity or frequency

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Qualitative research

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This is usually linked with inductive study

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Qualitative research

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This can be considered as a qualitative data

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Photographs
videos
sound recordings

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It draw a large and representative sample from the population of interest, measure the behavior and characteristics of that sample and attempt to construct generalizations regarding the population as a whole

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Quantitative research

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The various forms of surveys in quantitative research

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Online surveys
paper surveys
mobile surveys
kiosk surveys
face-to-face interviews
telephone interviews
longitudinal studies
website interceptors
online polls
systematic observations

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They believe that they can get closer to the actors perspective through detailed interviewing and observation

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Qualitative researchers

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They are more likely to confront the constraints of everyday life

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Qualitative researchers

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They tend to abstract themselves from this world and consequently they seldom study it directly

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Quantitative researchers

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This will helps to answer questions that can only be answered by combining qualitative and quantitative research

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Multi strategy research

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These are practical and do not restrict the researcher to sticking to well-defined research paradigms. In other words it adopts a pragmatic approach to research

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Multi strategy research

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It can come across as more comprehensive and in-depth than being restricted into purely qualitative or quantitative

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Multi strategy research

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creswell's for mixed method designs

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two phase studies parallel studies equivalent status designs dominant or less dominant studies

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The researcher first conducts a qualitative phase of a study and then a quantitative phase or vice versa

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Two-phase studies

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The researcher conducts the qualitative and quantitative phases at the same time

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Parallel studies

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The researcher conducts the study using both the quantitative and the qualitative approaches to understand the phenomenon under study

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Equivalent status design

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The researcher conducts the study within a single dominant paradigm with a small component of the overall study drawn from an alternative design

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Dominant or less dominant studies

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The research process

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Establish an intention choosing a research topic conduct a literature review research design address ethics collect data analyze data write up

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You need to have a basic purpose prior to carrying out your research

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Establish an intention

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Before you start you need a subject then your choice of topic is likely to be influenced by what interest you

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Choosing a research topic

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It is an essential part of academic research and it is an acknowledgement of what has already been written on your chosen subject

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Literature review

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It helps to identify gaps in the existing literature that may assist you in forming the basis of your study as well as helping to avoid repetition

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Conduct a literature review

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It is a systematic plan of the data collection and analysis phases of your project

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Research design

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These are the principles and values that underpin the way researchers conduct the research

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Ethics

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This is the process of analyzing your results to see the extent to which the address your research questions or hypothesis

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Analyze data

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So at some point all that information that you have gathered probably over several months need to be written up

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Write up

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It is concerned with the overall approach to the research process

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Methodology

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It refer to the different ways in which data can be collected and analyzed

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Methods

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This is important because it is fundamental to the way you approach and interpret your research

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Epistemology