SAMPLING Sampling is the act‚ process‚ or technique of selecting a suitable sample‚ or a representative part of a population for the purpose of determining parameters or characteristics of the whole population. REASONS FOR SAMPLING There are six main reasons for sampling instead of doing a census. These are; * Economy * Timeliness * The large size of many populations * Inaccessibility of some of the population * Destructiveness of the observation * Accuracy or Reliability
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ABSTRACT This assignment emphasizes on Research Methods used in Management industry as mentioned in the title of this module. Research has become a very integral part of today’s industry‚ no matter in which area one wants to start the business or service‚ research has to be involved. So‚ the purpose of this module is to identify the research methods and techniques‚ and other related issues. The assignment is divided in three parts which illustrates the three learning outcomes of the module. The purpose
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The research process serves many purposes. It attempts to better understand‚ explain‚ or provide answers to various phenomena (Shi‚ 2013). Data is collected by researchers and analyzed to arrive at conclusions and present an interpretation of this analysis (Shi‚ 2013). However‚ before the data can be collected and analyzed researchers need to conceptualize the study to be conducted which includes understanding the aims and objectives of their investigation‚ and developing research questions (Shi
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Nigerian University Libraries Dorcas Ejemeh Krubu Kingsley Efe Osawaru Department of Library and Information Science Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma - Edo State‚ Nigeria Introduction With the invention of Information and Communication Technology‚ libraries now use various types of technologies to aid the services they render. Everyday new technological advances affect the way information is handled in libraries and information centers. The impacts of new technologies are felt by libraries in every
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PSY 225 Research Methods Spring 2013 Review Sheet Exam 1 CHAPTER 1 Why is the methods course believed to provide a “foundation” for other psychology courses? Hint: process vs. content. A methods course teaches a process (of doing research) that applies to other content courses. How do research psychologists use the terms determinism and objectivity? +Determinism= the idea that events‚ including psychological ones‚ have causes statistical determinism= events can be predicted‚ but only
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Basic Types of Descriptive Research Methods One of the goals of science is description (other goals include prediction and explanation). Descriptive research methods are pretty much as they sound — they describe situations. They do not make accurate predictions‚ and they do not determine cause and effect. There are three main types of descriptive methods: observational methods‚ case-study methods and survey methods. This article will briefly describe each of these methods‚ their advantages‚ and their
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AUTHOR 4 | AUTHOR 5 | AUTHOR 6 | Definition of Sampling | Tejero‚E.G.(2006)p.43Sampling affords all the members of the population an equal chance of being selected and becoming a part of the samples of the intended research. | David‚F.P (2005) p.95It is the representative portion of a population or some elements in a population that will represent the entire population. | Gill and Johnson(2002)p.101All surveys are concerned with identifying the ‘research population’ which will provide all the information
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The methods used to gather the data has consisted of primary research‚ Questionnaires were created which held 20 questions‚ around 149 questionnaires were handed out to the public of ages 16-25. A range of open and closed questions where used within the questionnaire to gain qualitative and quantitative information from the users. The open questions provide a deeper understanding of what the user wants and how they want it; this is more relevant to the interviews which have been done on different
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GATELESS ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION USING RFID A.N.V.K.Chaitanya and D. Kishore Kumar anvkchaitanya@gmail.com‚ d.mohankishore@gmail.com Department Of Electronics and Communications Engineering Koneru Lakshmaiah University Vaddeswaram‚ Guntur. Abstract: An effective and efficient utilization of communication link between RF Modems over a wireless channel to facilitate monitoring‚ authentication and automated toll collection of vehicles on the highways is proposed in the paper. The system
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Exercise 1: In a management trainee program‚ 80% of the trainees are female‚ 10% male. A total of 70% of the females attended college‚ while 60% of the males attended college. A management trainee is selected at random. 1. What is the probability that the person selected is a female who did NOT attend college? = 0.80 * 0.30 = 0.24 (24%) 2. What is the probability that the person selected is a female who did attend college? = 0.80 * 0.70 = 0.56 (56%) 3. What is the probability that the person
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