Quantitative methods have their strengths and weaknesses. Discuss. Quantitative methods‚ like all social research methods‚ have their own set of strengths and weaknesses. This essay will attempt to critically assess those characteristics and draw a comparison between quantitative methods and qualitative methods. The quantitative versus qualitative debate is an interesting topic in Sociological studies. In Miles and Huberman’s 1994 book Qualitative Data Analysis‚ quantitative researcher Fred Kerlinger
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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND EXTERNAL STUDIES SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES. LDP603: RESEARCH METHODS GROUP ASSIGNMENT GROUP 5 QUESTION: DISCUSS THE VARIOUS PROBABILITY AND NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING TECHNIQUES USED IN RESEARCH. GROUP 5 (A) MEMBERS |S/NO |SURNAME |OTHER NAMES |REG. NO |SIGNATURE
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Advanced Studies in Quantitative Research | Table of Contents Introduction 3 Underlying Assumptions in Quantitative Research 3 Methodological and Ontological Assumptions 5 Epistemological Assumptions 8 Conclusion 9 References 10 Assumptions Underlying Quantitative Research Introduction Before researchers undertake a research endeavor‚ it is essential for them to understand the philosophical assumptions that underlie the method of inquiry chosen to answer the proposed research question. Assumptions
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ITS ROLE IN PUNJABI UNIVERSITY‚ PATIALA AND PANJAB UNIVERSITY‚ CHANDIGARH LIBRARY : A COMPARATIVE STUDY SYNOPSIS TO BE SUBMITTED TO AWADESH PARTAP UNIVERSITY‚ REWA IN PARTIAL FULRILLMENT OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSPHY IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE Guide by: Dr. S.N.Sharma Rakesh K Sharma TITLE: INTERNET AND IT’S ROLE IN PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA LIBRARY & PANJAB UNIVERSITY CHANDIGARH LIBRARY: a comparative study Research Methodology I. Statement
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Report- Hard Copy ASSIGNMENT METHOD The assignment problem is one of the fundamental combinatorial optimization problems in the branch of optimization or operations research in mathematics. It consists of finding a maximum weight matching in a weighted bipartite graph. In its most general form‚ the problem is as follows: There are a number of agents and a number of tasks. Any agent can be assigned to perform any task‚ incurring some cost that may vary depending on the agent-task assignment
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Quantitative Data Analysis Project 1. a) My research question is “Does the type of community you grow up in‚ and if your parents make a special effort to expose you to other cultures‚ have an effect on how many friends you have who are gay/lesbian?” b) My dependent variable (DV) is “how many friends do you have who are gay/lesbian”‚ and my two independent variables (IV) are “type of community the respondent grew up in”‚ and “did your parents make a special effort to expose you to other cultures
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Instruments in Research Review Problems and Exercises: 1. What is the role of data-gathering instrument in research? * Instruments are materials‚ concrete or verbal or non-verbal communications‚ used to collect data for the research study. Instruments are very important components of the overall research design. Without these‚ the researcher will not be able to obtain data and information that will be analyzed for findings‚ presentation and interpretation. 2. Characterize “good”
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“Deciding on a sampling procedure for a study on understanding teaching and learning relations for minority children in Botswana classrooms” Sampling is a very important statistical tool used by researchers to find accurate results that represents the complete attributes of population. Different types of sampling are used for different type of data. For example: probability sampling is used for quantitative data as attributes of such data can easily be generalized to population
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Qualitative and Quantitative Research Approaches? Table of Contents 1. Introduction................................................................................................................................ 3 2 .Quantitative Research Approach................................................................................................ 3 2.1 Strengths………………………………………………………………………………4 2.2 Weaknesses……………………………………………………………………………4 3 .Qualitative Research Approach
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of conducting a research study to estimate the sales potential of your products in the domestic (U.S. or Canadian) market. Discuss key issues and concerns arising from the fact that you‚ the manager‚ are also the researcher. Key issues and concerns 1. The key issues and concerns relating to any research project such as to estimate the sales potential in the domestic market‚ first points to the issue of defining the purpose of the research‚ the area sales manager or researcher must distinguish
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