Introduction Longitudinal Qualitative Research is a relatively recent development which has yet to be fully articulated as a coherent methodology (Neale & Flowerdew‚ 2003:189)‚ although examples of this style of research can be traced back several decades. There are few books which deal with it in any depth (although see Saldana‚ 2003). In this essay I am going to; outline longitudinal qualitative research (QLR); address the main features of it; provide an outline of its strengths and weaknesses;
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COMPARING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Social theory is a “system of interconnected ideas that condenses and organises the knowledge about the social world and explains how it works” (Neuman‚ 2006‚ p.8) and for many years scientists have gathered data using specialised techniques such as Quantative and Qualitative research to support or reject these theories. Quantitative research “generates numerical data or information that can be converted into numbers‚” (Experiment Resources‚ 2009‚
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potential rewards as celebrity endorsements are always a high-risk‚ high-reward situation and there is always a human element that you might not know about.( Miller 1994) 1.2 Research Aim The topic of celebrity endorsements and its elements is heavily documented in academic literature‚ but what makes this research interesting is that it enables us to understand the celebrity endorsement process from an Indian consumers point of view. Not much work has 7 been seen in the Indian light
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about a given community. It provides a subjective view of the various physical characteristics of a communal area as observed while driving or walking through a neighborhood. Community Community assessment is an essential function of community nursing. Understanding the various types of community will help clarify the process. The first type of community described is a “geopolitical community” (Harkness & DeMarco‚ 2012‚ p. 177). It is an aggregate of people living or working in a defined geographic
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Mouton‚ 2001 defines a research design as a plan or blueprint of how a researcher intends conducting a research. The qualitative research design was used in this study. Data was collected from an interpretative perspective thus provided a holistic understanding of how participants related and interacted with each other in this study (Maree‚ 2010). An exploratory design was also used to explore and answer the research questions. Qualitative research design is flexible and exploratory in nature
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Time scale This research will take two months to be completed. Therefore the time schedule is mentioned using the following timeline. Week one: bookings of hotels for the focus groups Hiring of cars Week two: collection of data through projective techniques (sentence completion and word association) in Nairobi Week three: carrying out of focus groups in city center and Westlands Week four: carry out focus groups in South C and Embakasi Week five: carry out
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INTRODUCTION: The earth has become a global village in this century by virtue of electronic media. People have the whole world at the palm of their hands. Radio‚ television‚ telephones and computers are now considered as comparatively old-aged things as we have laptops‚ palm tops‚ I-pads‚ tablets and Smartphone’s now through which we can access the information via Google and YouTube about that exact thing which we want to have. Besides information‚ infotainment and communication are widely used
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Does Online Social Networking Makes People More or Less Likely to Interact With People in Real Life? Sarah Joy N. Ruiz ABDC 2-2 Central Luzon State University This paper was prepared for Psychology 130‚ ABDC 3-2‚ taught by Professor Jay Santos Abstract Nowadays most people are obsessed with social networking sites and some of them are students. Some of them cannot afford to live or start their day without the social networking. The purpose of this study is to shows how social networking
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Importance of motivation for sales people in insurance business in Bangladesh Nazim Uddin Khan 1. Introduction The current research is undertaken as a research project in the M.Phil program at the Department of Marketing of Jahangirnagar University. The study is carried out to find out the importance of motivation for sales people in insurance business in Bangladesh. 2. Background of the study The market of Bangladesh is familiar with insurance business since 1971. In our country there
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Intel Philippine Science Fair RESEARCH PLAN (1A) Required for All Projects To be Submitted to IRB/SRC Before the Experimentation Begins Name Beltran‚ Ruz‚ Sangel Cluster 2 Category Biology School Victorino Mapa High School Fair Division Title of the project APPLICATION OF PULVERIZED ORGANIC FERTILIZER FROM HYDROLYZED CHICKEN FEATHER TO GARLIC (Portulaca oleracea) Project Adviser Ms. Luzviminda A. Dinglasan RESEARCH PLAN A. Problem/s 1.What are
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