Evaluation methods

Questionnaire The Research Process Just over two weeks ago, me and two of my classmates conducted a survey amongst our class to find out their hobbies and interests out of college, as up until this point we had only got to know them in a short period of time. This survey proved to be quite informative and showed us what interests certain individuals in our class. We surveyed around ten people and our results varied significantly. Usually when surveying individuals the survey will be composed…

3. Analysis (Note: analysis points are based on my own research. Even thought some references are same as Cochrane’s article, it has been cited from respective journals and websites, and not from the article) 3.1. Analysis of runs and run-prone assets Cochrane defined run-prone assets based on the characteristics drawn by Diamond & Dybvig (1983). Diamond & Dybvig (1983) created a model to study the economics of banking and associated policy disputes. According to Diamond & Dybvig (1983) during a…

1. A paradigm is a set of concepts that are both theoretical and philosophical used in a discipline, to help form theories. A paradigm is made up of basic assumptions, patterns, methodology etc. Paradigms are commonly accepted by members of a specific scientific community. The three main kinds are structural functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. These three tend to dominate the sociological thinking because they provide useful explanations. 2. A theory is a way to…

CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY Research methodology is based on qualitative research; this type of research is designed to find out how people feel or what they think about a particular subject or institution. (Kothari)The qualitative method is “a method involving systematically gathering enough information about a particular person, social setting, event or group to permit the researcher to effectively understand how the subject operates or functions” (Berg, 283).Qualitative research…

Qualitative and quantitative research are methods used in Sociology to explain and describe data. However, these methods contrast in different relevant aspects. According to Denscombe, M., (2010), even though, both quantitative and qualitative research use the same methods to collect the information, interviews, surveys, observations, as a primary data, and documents, as a secondary data; how the results are put and collected and how the method is conducted will determine the final result,…

Theoretical models are the building blocks for research designs. A conceptual model or framework provides a structure that guides the development of a research study and most importantly allows the researcher to link the findings of his/her study with the greater body of knowledge on the topic. By definition, a conceptual framework or model is an abstract, logical structure of meaning (Burns & Grove, 2009). If I do not have an underlying framework for a study, the results may be isolated and…

case research as their strategy for their research. There are: 1. The phenomenon can be studied in its setting and meaningful. The relevant theory will be generated from the understanding gained through the observing actual practice. 2. The case method allows the question of what, why and how to be answered with a relatively full understanding of the nature and complexity of the complete…

eating strange foods, learning a new language, watching ceremonies, taking fieldnotes, washing clothes, writing letters home, tracing out genealogies, observing play, interviewing informants, and hundreds of other things, Indeed, one of the primary methods used in ethnography is participant observation, which implies that the ethnographer not only observes activities in the field setting, but also participates in them wherever possible. Long-term participant observation, as advocated in…

From the table it can be concluded that all methods of measure proved to be very accurate and precise. The plastic ruler may appear to be the best device because of the repeated zero standard error, but this is not the case. The lack of markings smaller than one sixteenths caused the lab performers…

Threads to validity are specific reasons why a person can be partly or completely wrong when making an inference. There are several threads to validity that will raise questions about an experimenter’s ability to conclude that the intervention affects an outcome and not some other factor. Internal validity regards to the internal logic and consistency of the research. If research is seen as an argument then internal validity is about the logic and consistency of this argument. It is most…