In this paper, we provide a brief two page summary of the recently printed eighth edition of the book “Research Methods in Social Sciences” written by Frankfort-Nachmias, C., Nachmias, D. and DeWaard, J., published in the year 2015. The a Continue Reading...
Alignment helps keep both qualitative and quantitative research studies cohesive, meaningful, and valid. The purpose of the study and its implications for policy or practice should be aligned with the research questions, design, and method. Research Continue Reading...
This course fulfills its promise to help students understand research methods in education and educational administration specifically. Concepts of research have been covered clearly, to allow students better insight into how they might construct the Continue Reading...
Business Tools The information presented (Ch. 12) notes that the perception of respect is an important determinant of customer satisfaction. The company, Campbell-Ewald, used surveys to determine the importance of respect to customer loyalty, and fu Continue Reading...
Feminist Evaluation Understanding Research & Research Methods in Social Work Feminist evaluation: An evaluation of the conceptual framework According to Rebecca M. Beardsley and Michelle Hughes Miller's 2002 article "Revisioning the process: A Continue Reading...
Administration which relates to issues such as security, rules during work, holidays and vacations, office layout and services and personal record. Lastly human resources section is shouldered with the responsibility of industrial and labour relatio Continue Reading...
Nursing Discussion Posts Regarding Data Collection and Analysis It is possible to use a word processor to analyze qualitative data (LaPelle, 2004), an idea that is appealing because of the implied simplicity and because it is comparatively inexpens Continue Reading...
Sociological Perspective The sociological perspective is a perspective on how human activity and behavior relates to society. By looking at the relationship between individuals and social structures, the sociological perspective emerges as one that i Continue Reading...
.....child's household income level growing up and how they spend their money when they become adults. Essentially, you want to know if there is any association between childhood wealth and spending in their later years asadults -- not only in th Continue Reading...
proponents of evidence based instruction represent one end of the methods of teaching continuum where practices that have been tested empirically using rigorous research designs are considered to be the only valid method of instruction (Odom et al., Continue Reading...
Criminal justice researchers are usually faced with numerous anecdotal data that is supported with relatively little to no empirical support. In order to effectively explore nuances of the issues that face the society with regards to law enforcement, Continue Reading...
Students benefit from the commodity element of research assistance companies because they are the benefactors of the product. They are given opportunities to choose the best company and the companies work hard to attract their business by providing Continue Reading...
Market Research Tools Nike wants to evaluate its perceived customer services. They want to use the following research tools. Personal Interview; Mail Surveys; Self-Administered questionnaires and Telephone Interviewing. Compare and contrast these r Continue Reading...
Derivatives -- Perceptions of Value and Use Realistic & Empirical Research Approaches in Finance Empirical research (which originates from the positivist tradition) and qualitative research are sufficiently distinct in their philosophical groun Continue Reading...
Mixed methods research design is popular in many research settings because it offers a set of advantages as well as a flexibility that cannot be matched by other available methods. This method combines some of the features from both quantitative and Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice Research Methods There are a large number of research methodologies that can be used to investigate the effectiveness of criminal justice practices and reforms. The methodologies can be grouped into qualitative and quantitative, wit Continue Reading...
Construct a Research Design Using Secondary Data Part 1 Secondary data takes into account data that is gathered by someone else aside from the user. Examples of sources of secondary data comprise of data gathered by government establishments, organiz Continue Reading...
Research Methods Literature Review A literature review on an identified research topic or issue is an important element when conducting a study regardless of whether the study employs qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods research design. The s Continue Reading...
Managment Challenges in Emergency Services Qualitative Research Questions and Phenomena BUDGETING FOR EMERGENCY ISSUES Many emergency management budgets are small having the tendency to lean towards statistical significance with variations from on Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership Qualitative research is an assortment of various approaches, which have differences and commonalities. In qualitative research, the truth is not considered as an objective but as a subjective reality where various individuals Continue Reading...
Strengths/Weaknesses of the Quantitative ApproachIntroductionQuantitative research is a widely used approach in public administration research that involves the collection and analysis of numerical data. This approach has several strengths, including Continue Reading...
Methods Preferring to use a quantitative approach to provide the business community with numerical data it can use to transform organizational practices and increase employee retention, I will be using a survey as the primary instrument of data colle Continue Reading...
motivation to learn, followed by an educated and informed research question. After the research question has been narrowed down, the researcher conceptualizes how the question may be answered feasibly, within the constraints of time and budget. Such Continue Reading...
knowledge is so vast that no one really knows everything. One often discovers that what they know about something is not accurate or utterly wrong (Taflinger, 2011). Research is normally conducted for two main reasons, i.e., to learn the facts arou Continue Reading...
nature of hypertension, as well as methods of treatment using both drugs and alternative approaches. Ceral et al. (2011) focus on whether antihypertensive drugs are effective or if patients are simply not using them. They find that patients must adh Continue Reading...
Implicit attitude formation though classical conditioning" (Oslon, & Fazio, 2001 p 413). The research purpose is to demons rate that "attitudes can develop through implicit covariation detection in a new classical conditioning paradigm." (Oslon, Continue Reading...
Although ethical values and principles guide all of the American Psychological Association’s (APA, 2017) ethical codes, there are different ways of interpreting and applying those ethical principles depending on the situation. Clinical and coun Continue Reading...
Benefits Obtaining a College Degree Recently, students have been paying huge amounts of money to attend a college but earned less upon graduation (Arai, 1998). Such trends have caused many observers to question if a college degree is a worthwhile i Continue Reading...
Jaron Van De Laar While green issues remain prominent in the hospitality sector, there is an immense amount of confusion amongst practitioners and academics on certain specifics. The focus of this paper will be sustainability practices in the Dutch Continue Reading...
Business Methods In order to study career aspirations, a survey of fifteen students was conducted to determine what level the student expected to achieve as their highest level. The students polled were all business students. The unit of analysis wa Continue Reading...
