4. What is Data Collection?
Data collection is the process of gathering and
measuring information on variables of interest, in an
established systematic fashion that enables one to
answer stated research questions, test hypotheses,
and evaluate outcomes
5. What is Analysis Methods?
The qualitative data analysis approach refers to the
process of systematizing descriptive data collected
through interviews, surveys, and observations and
interpreting it.
The method aims to identify patterns and themes
behind textual data.
6. What is Analysis Methods?
Quantitative data analysis is the process of analyzing
and interpreting numerical data.
It helps you make sense of information by identifying
patterns, trends, and relationships between variables
through mathematical calculations and statistical
tests
8. BUILDING A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
WHAT IS YOUR RESEARCH TYPE
WHO ARE THE POPULATION AND SAMPLE
WHAT ARE THE RESEARCH METHODS TO BE USED
9. Research Methodology section explains
what you plan to do and how you plan to do it
allowing readers to evaluate the reliability and
validity of your research and your research proposal
10. What is your research type
“This qualitative study determined how residents felt about CGIs and their efficacy in
fostering safer communities “
“Merriam (2019) describes Qualitative research focuses on obtaining the reasons, motives,
actions, and opinions to gain insight and allows researchers to delve deeply into a topic.”
Qualitative research is primarily exploratory research used to understand underlying
r”easons, beliefs, and motivations (Heigham & Croker, 2009). “
“This exploratory technique, which includes discussions, interviews, and open-ended
responses, is best suited to understand why a given problem exists (Walls, 2017). “
11. WHO ARE THE POPULATION AND
SAMPLE?
Los Angeles County, California, served as the study's setting. This location was appealing
because of its proximity to gang injunction hotspots and the researcher's knowledge of
enjoined neighborhoods. ““
The Rancho San Pedro gang, popularly known as "RSP," is a Mexican American street
gang founded in the 1970s. RSP was the target of a significant law enforcement operation
in 2011, known as "Operation Pirate Town," in which 1,300 law enforcement officers from
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) and the Los Angeles Police (LAPD)
detained 80 alleged RSP members and associates Walls, 2017). “
12. WHO ARE THE POPULATION AND
SAMPLE?
“Potential participants were required to acknowledge they were between 18 and
75 years old and resided in and frequented public spaces of San Pedro or
Redondo Beach, CA. The participants then signed the required consent form for
the current study. “
“the snowball sampling technique used in the current study’s research design
resulted in the limited inclusion of 8 participants”
The research design also included purposeful criterion sampling for this study
(Creswell & Poth, 2018). Purposeful criterion sampling creates a complete
picture of all the research that meets pre-determined criteria. The participant
was between 18 and 75 years old and resided in and frequented public spaces of
San Pedro or Redondo Beach, CA.”
”Snowball sampling utilizes an intentional criterion in the hermeneutic
phenomenological design to choose the eight participants from the semi-structured
interview data for this study. “
13. WHAT ARE THE RESEARCH METHODS TO
BE USED ?
“More important than the exact number of respondents in the current
study was obtaining detailed, rich data from interviews with the
same small sample of participants (Morse, 2000). “
“Each interview opened with the introductory script (Appendix E) to
refresh each participant’s information about CGIs and to put them
on more of an even playing field, so to speak, across interviews to
confirm purposeful sampling was met “
“The current study gathered data via semi-structured one-on-one
interviews, using reflective notes for data analysis “
14. WHAT ARE THE RESEARCH METHODS TO
BE USED ?
“Although observations are the most common method of collecting
relevant data in quantitative studies, interviews are commonly utilized in
qualitative research (Creswell & Poth, 2018). Interviews allow a more in-
depth understanding of the circumstance, phenomenon, or individual.
When contrasted with observation, interviews reveal more reliable data.
“Interviews assist a researcher in explaining, better understanding, and
exploring participants' viewpoints, experiences, and phenomena. Semi-
structured interviews were the primary source for data collection in this
study. Many interview questions in qualitative research design are semi-
structured and open-ended, allowing the researcher to gather detailed
information (Creswell & Poth, 2018). “
15. The Research Proposal Section must
include
• The type of research you conducted
• How you collected and analyzed your data
• Any tools, methods or materials you used in the
research
• How you mitigated or avoided research biases
• Why you chose these methods
Editor's Notes
Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest, in an established systematic fashion that enables one to answer stated research questions, test hypotheses, and evaluate outcomes
explains what you did and how you did it, allowing readers to evaluate the reliability and validity of your research and your research proposal
Research type
Qualitative or quantitative?
Original data collection or primary and secondary source analysis?
Descriptive, correlational, or experimental research design?
Population and sample
Who or what will you study (e.g., high school students in New York; local newspaper archives 1976-80)?
How will you select your subjects (e.g., probability sampling, non-probability sampling)?
When and where will you collect your data?
Research methods
What data collection tools and procedures will you use (e.g., surveys, interviews, observational studies, experiments)?
Why?
Practicalities
How much time will you need?
How will you gain access to your population?
How will you address any obstacles you face?
This qualitative study determined how residents felt about CGIs and their efficacy in fostering safer communities .
Qualitative research focuses on obtaining the reasons, motives, actions, and opinions to gain insight and allows researchers to delve deeply into a topic.
Qualitative research is primarily exploratory research used to understand underlying reasons, beliefs, and motivations (Heigham & Croker, 2009). This exploratory technique, which includes discussions, interviews, and open-ended responses, is best suited to understand why a given problem exists (Walls, 2017).
This qualitative study determined how residents felt about CGIs and their efficacy in fostering safer communities .
Qualitative research focuses on obtaining the reasons, motives, actions, and opinions to gain insight and allows researchers to delve deeply into a topic.
Qualitative research is primarily exploratory research used to understand underlying reasons, beliefs, and motivations (Heigham & Croker, 2009). This exploratory technique, which includes discussions, interviews, and open-ended responses, is best suited to understand why a given problem exists (Walls, 2017).
This qualitative study determined how residents felt about CGIs and their efficacy in fostering safer communities .
Qualitative research focuses on obtaining the reasons, motives, actions, and opinions to gain insight and allows researchers to delve deeply into a topic.
Qualitative research is primarily exploratory research used to understand underlying reasons, beliefs, and motivations (Heigham & Croker, 2009). This exploratory technique, which includes discussions, interviews, and open-ended responses, is best suited to understand why a given problem exists (Walls, 2017).
This qualitative study determined how residents felt about CGIs and their efficacy in fostering safer communities .
Qualitative research focuses on obtaining the reasons, motives, actions, and opinions to gain insight and allows researchers to delve deeply into a topic.
Qualitative research is primarily exploratory research used to understand underlying reasons, beliefs, and motivations (Heigham & Croker, 2009). This exploratory technique, which includes discussions, interviews, and open-ended responses, is best suited to understand why a given problem exists (Walls, 2017).
This qualitative study determined how residents felt about CGIs and their efficacy in fostering safer communities .
Qualitative research focuses on obtaining the reasons, motives, actions, and opinions to gain insight and allows researchers to delve deeply into a topic.
Qualitative research is primarily exploratory research used to understand underlying reasons, beliefs, and motivations (Heigham & Croker, 2009). This exploratory technique, which includes discussions, interviews, and open-ended responses, is best suited to understand why a given problem exists (Walls, 2017).
The first part of a methodology section typically outlines the type of research you did, and how you established your research procedures.
This section highlights the subject of your study and addresses the type of data necessary to conduct evaluations and research assessments.
The methodology section commonly contains the criteria that your experimental investigations followed to provide valid and trustworthy data.
The material in this section provides readers with an insight into the methods you used to assess validity and reliability throughout your investigations.
