2. Selecting a Research Topic
What topic interest you?
What questions need to be answered?
What can be improved and how?
Know something about the topic,
company or what is to be researched?
3. Importance of a Purpose Statement
Most important statement of the whole study.
Explain what is expected to be accomplished by
the study.
Clear
Precise
Informative
4.
5.
6. Three research methods
Qualitative Quantitative
Interviews
Writings
Journals
Questionnaires. Surveys
Unstructured
Open-ended
Individual/ single
Hard to prove
Non-numerical form
Numerical
Rank
Measurements
Graphs
Tables
Charts
Journals
(McLeod, S.A., 2008)
7. Mixed Research
Qualitative
Quantitative
Independent
Dependant
Null
Alternative
1. Directional
2. Non-directional
13. References
Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed
Methods Approaches, 4th Edition. [VitalSource Bookshelf Online]. Retrieved from
http://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/books/CSM19781452226101/
Creswell, J. (2007) Designing Research. Sage Pub.com. Retrieved from
http://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upmbinaries/27397_Pages138_141.
pdf
McLeod, S. A. (2008). Qualitative Quantitative. Simply Psychology. Org.
Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/qualitative-quantitative.html
Editor's Notes
Research topics should be chosen on topics of interest. If a topic is chosen that in interesting to the researcher, it will be more interesting and complete. If the research is done and it is not a likeable topic one should find information and resources to help pick a topic that will help the company. What looks like it needs improvement. What changes would benefit. There is always a topic one can fine of interest that will make the research go smoother, one just has to be creative. According to Creswell (2014),” These are the researchers assumptions to the study.” Research designs, research methods, of data collection, analysis, and interpretation . The selection of research problem or issues being addressed, researchers personal experiences and viewers for the study.” (Creswell, para.1, pg 3)
The importance of a purpose statement is that you are stating what the purpose of the research is and what you expect to accomplish. This is the most important statement of the whole study. It should be clear and precise. It should include a lot of information. (Creswell, 2014, ch.6, pg. 1)
Research should cover all their bases by forming an outline to do their papers on. Writing, studying, and research are some actions towards making a difference, by using questions you may want answered. Understanding what needs to be researched, the process in which to work for the evidence to prove or disprove your theses.
Using theory and observation one can better induce or deduct situations. They should have accurate records about the research. When it was done, what group or individuals were used, or other informative information you may have found , including videos.
Qualitative purpose statement informs what was found in the study, the participants, where research was done. This statement has the controlling idea for the purpose of the study. It should be clear, specific, and narrowed to one idea. Words used should be selected wisely. Should start with the purpose of this study was…
Quantitative is the amount of studies, participates, variables used. It uses independent, intervening, and dependant variables, visual models to make an identity, measurements, and observations. Variables are used research and deductive testing's (Creswell, 2014).
Mixed research does not rely on just quantitative or qualitative research. It may combine the two, which makes for a more informative research for the questions and hypothesis. The combination or the mixed research can be questioned in the beginning of the research or when it emerges. The mixed research could join the qualitative and quantitative research and together blending to help solve or come up with better results (Creswell, 2007).
Qualitative researchers ask at least one main question and add several sub questions. These question begin with how or what and use explore or describe. This allow participants to explain or describe their own ideas. They may mention participants and site for the research site ( Creswell, 2007, para 4, pg. 141).
Quantitative researchers write research questions or hypotheses from variable that are described, related, or categorized into group comparison and the independent. No more than five to seven sub questions should be asked, to narrow the focus to the study. “ Independent and dependant variables should be used separately and not be used on the same concept. This reinforces the cause and effect logic of the quantitative research. Use only a hypotheses or research question as to not be repetitive.” ( Creswell, 2014, p. 144)
Null variables represents the traditional approach in the prediction, that there is no difference exists in the population or groups on a variable (Creswell, 2014).
Directional Variable - The researcher makes a prediction about the expected outcome. This is based on prior studies, journals, or literature, that suggest a potential outcome (Creswell, 2014).
Non-directional Variable- A prediction is made , but the exact form of differences are not specific, because the researcher does not know what can be predicted from past literature aka diaries (Creswell, 2014).
Research questions should be based on what the research would like to see answered. You should have some knowledge of the topic you are studying. You should research various information about the topic. It should include how, what, where when, and who is involved in the study. The topic research should be based on various information, surveys, magazines, journals, writings, and your own experiences.
Research done should be a topic one has interest in. The research questions should be precise and clear. The study should have a purpose. It should include pros and cons, as well as a lot of research from various methods and variables. It may include graphs or charts. It should have a hypotheses, and variables. The more information you have the more informative the research will be.
Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 4th Edition. [VitalSource Bookshelf Online]. Retrieved from http://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/books/CSM19781452226101/
Creswell, J. (2007) Designing Research. Sage Pub.com. Retrieved from http://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upmbinaries/27397_Pages138_141.pdf
McLeod, S. A. (2008). Qualitative Quantitative. Simply Psychology. Org. Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/qualitative-quantitative.html
