Chapter 2 - Criteria for Selecting A Research Methodology
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Research Methodology: A Step by Step Guide for Beginners has been written specifically for those with no previous experience of research or research methodology. Written in a logical and accessible style and providing helpful techniques and examples, it breaks the process of designing and doing a research project into eight manageable operational steps. The book guides you through your project from beginning to end by offering practical advice on:
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A research methodology defines what the activity of research is, how toproceed, how to measure progress, and what constitutes success. AImethodology is a jumbled mess. Different methodologies define distinctschools which wage religious wars against each other. A key concept relevant to a discussion of research methodology is that of validity. When an individual asks, "Is this study valid?", they are questioning the validity of at least one aspect of the study. There are four types of validity that can be discussed in relation to research and statistics. Thus, when discussing the validity of a study, one must be specific as to which type of validity is under discussion. Therefore, the answer to the question asked above might be that the study is valid in relation to one type of validity but invalid in relation to another type of validity.Quantitative researchers develop most of their questions and hypothesesvery specifically before the study, and then find or develop instrumentsfor collecting the data. That gives them opportunity to refine eachitem, but no opportunity to address new questions that may arise from theearly data collection. Qualitative researchers usually start witha qualitative research methodology (such as historiography, ethnography,phenomenology) and often an interpretive paradigm, and then collect dataintensively by observation and unstructured interviews. That allowsthem to use early findings to generate new questions that they examinein the later stages of data collection, but they often have to focus theirobservations and develop their interview questions on the fly without anyopportunity to refine them.The book presents the concepts of research methodology, types of research, statistical tools for data analysis, algorithmic research, modelling research, simulation with illustrations wherever necessary.