COURSE COORDINATOR: DR. ELTON BOBB
E-TUTOR’S NAME: ALICE WALTERS
TOPIC: THE IMPACT OF GLOBILIZATION ON THE MANUFACTURING OF SUGAR CANE RUM INDUSTRY IN DOMINICA
DATE:22nd JUNE 2014
Table of Contents
Page
Findings4 - 5
Analysis and interpretation6 - 10
Conclusion11
Recommendations 12
Appendix13
Bibliography14 - 16
Data Analysis and Findings
The following information seeks to present the results of the data collected. The data was collected and evaluate in response to the problem noted in component #1 of the respective assignment.
Questionnaire:
Fifteen five (15) surveys were conducted, with respondents selected from the larges. The selected parishes mentioned have the greatest proportion of farm land and active working farmers, which will thus give a more accurate measure of the farming population. Ten (10) men and five (5) women, totaled that questionnaire respondents.
Interview:
Five (5) informal interviews via telephone were conducted due to the respective individual’s busy schedules. Persons selected for this process where: The Permanent secretary, The Former Minister of Agriculture and a prominent local economist. All three individuals were asked the same three open ended questions that where provided in component #2 submission.
The following table illustrates a summary of questionnaire results
Male/ages Marital status Mean Responses Female/ ages Marital status Mean Responses
35 Single 9 48 married 8
42 married 8 50 married 7
39 married 8 38 married 9
38 married 8 40 married 6
52 married 9 46 divorced 8
INTERVIEW;
For the evaluation of the interview section of the data, thematic analysis was the method utilized. “Thematic analysis is a qualitative analytic method for: ‘identifying, analyzing and reporting patterns (themes) within data. It minimally organizes and describes your data set in