Cat 2 Non Experimental Research Projects Day Competition 2009

Quantitative Research STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND HYPOTHESIS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND HYPOTHESIS –Briefly describe or define your topic. What do you want to find out? –State what you think will happen in a hypothesis. METHODOLOGY METHODOLOGY –How will you test your hypothesis? –Identify your samples, variables, design a questionnaire and/ or conduct interviews to collect data, code the data and decide the scope of measurement you think is appropriate for your study. –Identify your samples, variables, design a questionnaire and/ or conduct interviews to collect data, code the data and decide the scope of measurement you think is appropriate for your study.

ANALYSIS OF DATA AND IMPLICATION ANALYSIS OF DATA AND IMPLICATION –What did the data you collect indicate about what happened in your research project? –Include all data here in a simple text chart. –What did your chart and statistical analysis show? This is especially important with regard to your hypothesis. –What did your chart and statistical analysis show? This is especially important with regard to your hypothesis. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION –What did you find out? What does your analysis of data say in brief? –State whether you accepted or rejected your hypothesis. Why? –State whether you accepted or rejected your hypothesis. Why? APPLICATION APPLICATION –Utilize what you learned from your research in the world outside of the classroom. –How will your research findings help people solve problems or make your world a better place to live? –Or how could your findings be used to further explore your topic?

Qualitative Research Identify the issue or problem Identify the issue or problem –What is the issue or problem? –Who are the stakeholders and what are their positions? – What is your initial position on this issue? – What is your initial position on this issue? Read about the issue and identify points of view or arguments through information sources Read about the issue and identify points of view or arguments through information sources –What are your print sources? – What are your media sources? –What are your people sources? –What are your preliminary findings based on a review of existing sources? –What are your preliminary findings based on a review of existing sources?

Form a set of questions that can be answered by a specific set of data. Form a set of questions that can be answered by a specific set of data. There is no fixed number of research questions that you need to pose, although the questions posed will determine the kind of data that you need, hence influencing your data collection method(s). There is no fixed number of research questions that you need to pose, although the questions posed will determine the kind of data that you need, hence influencing your data collection method(s). –Examples: What would be the results of ___________? –Who would benefit and by how much? –Who would be harmed and by how much? –How does the phenomenon happen? –Why does the phenomenon happen? –Why does the phenomenon happen?

Gather evidence through research techniques such as interviews, observations, case studies Gather evidence through research techniques such as interviews, observations, case studies –Which research technique is most suitable for exploring this set of data? –What interview questions should you ask? – What observations should you make? –Which cases should you study? –Which cases should you study?

Manipulate and transform data (coding) so that it can be interpreted Manipulate and transform data (coding) so that it can be interpreted –How can you summarize what you found out? –Should you develop charts, diagrams or graphs to represent your data? –Can you classify the data into themes/categories? –Can you classify the data into themes/categories? Draw conclusions and make inferences Draw conclusions and make inferences –What do the data mean? –How can you interpret what you found out? –How do the data support your original point of view? –Do you need to modify your original point of view? –Are you able to use academic theories to explain the data? –How does it support other points of view? –What conclusion(s) can you make about the issue? –What conclusion(s) can you make about the issue?

Determine implications and consequences Determine implications and consequences –What are the consequences of following the point of view that you support? –Do you know enough or are there now new questions to be answered? –What new conclusion (s) can you form from further investigation? –What new conclusion (s) can you form from further investigation? Communicate the findings Communicate the findings –What are your purpose, issue and point of view and how will you explain them to your intended audience? –What data will you use to support your point of view? – How will you conclude your presentation?

Timeline

ORAL PRESENTATION DELIVERY / EYE CONTACT ORGANISATION OF CONTENT QUESTION & ANSWER

RESEARCH PROCESS ADDRESSES TOPIC Purpose of the study. Research statement, problem and/or question. Originality and creativity of the research idea Appropriateness of scale of study. Methodology Literature review Bibliography What is new this year? Prelim round requirements

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