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Black Women in White Male Dominant Industries: Are Set-Aside and Inclusion Programs Really Assisting?
A research design is the plan or technique which could be adopted for a research to take place. It is a systematic method of finding answers to the questions or hypotheses for the study. It is important for the results to be reliable with maximum efficiency based on correct hypotheses formulated so that a clear direction is set, which would lead the researcher to an accurate selection of the research design that would give maximum accurate results.
Flexible Design
Flexible design of research mainly involves freedom during data collection process since one of the reasons for using this design can be that the variable data that needs to be measured cannot be taken into account quantitatively. In the given research topic, which is black women in white male dominant industries, the flexible design would not be able to measure in quantitative terms. The assistance of inclusion programs could be measured qualitatively as their quality and helpfulness could be measured in 'qualitative' terms. If this is the case, then it would be a lengthy process to analyze the results of the research.
Although the research topic could be covered in detail and in depth when such research design is used, there is a possibility that if the data is collected based on 'human experiences' then it would be more compelling as compared to that which is quantitatively measured. Moreover, with this research design, the researcher would have a clear direction of what to expect from...
16), efforts are geared towards seeing a bigger picture of the scenario.
Fixed Design
Fixed design of research is mainly theory-driven and the design of the study is fixed before the actual data collection takes place. If a theory-driven strategy is adopted for the given research topic, then the results would be powerful in empirical and analytical terms (Coryn et al., 2011, p. 203). There would be better evaluation questions that would lead to better evaluated answers. Further, there would be better information that is unlikely to be collected with the help of other research designs.
The researcher need to have a clear idea beforehand of the variables and how they would operate so that the study could be conducted in a predicted manner and the results could be verified systematically. There would be specific contexts in which the variables would or would not operate; rather, it would mean that if the study does not depict what had been thought of before, then it might be the case that some mechanism had not been thought of earlier or not have been predicted correctly.
Discourse Theory
No fact or investigation can be free of theory and therefore, the…
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Coryn, C.L.S., Noakes, L.A., Westine, C.D., & Schroter, D.C. (2011). A systematic review of theory-driven evaluation practice from 1990 to 2009. American Journal of Evaluation, 32. DOI: 10.1177/1098214010389321
Mogashoa, T. (2014). Understanding critical discourse analysis in qualitative research. International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education, 1 (7), 104-113. Retrieved from https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijhsse/v1-i7/12.pdf
Development Change Research Issue Developmental change is a broad topic that incorporate several sub-topics relating to an individual's growth and development. The broad nature of this topic emerges from the fact that its an approach that is geared towards explaining how infants, children, and adults change over a period of time. The process of explaining individuals' developmental changes over time involves examining a wide range of theoretical areas including biological, cognitive,
Construct a Research Design Using Secondary Data Part 1 Secondary data takes into account data that is gathered by someone else aside from the user. Examples of sources of secondary data comprise of data gathered by government establishments, organizational records in addition to data that was initially gathered for other purposes of research. The secondary data selected for this paper is census. In delineation, a census is the process of methodically obtaining
pilot study. The participants will be self-selected from among existing patients of a free clinic who meet specific criteria. The participants will be invited to attend a diabetes self-management course that is offered free of charge a local clinic. Once the self-selected individuals arrived at the clinic, there are additional selection criteria. The participants will be selected for having hemoglobin A1Cs greater than 10.0, for having Type 2 diabetes,
The Challenges of Dual Credit: A Research Proposal Problem Statements Dual credit or dual enrollment programs “are designed to boost college access and degree attainment, especially for students typically underrepresented in higher education,” (United States Department of Education, 2017, p. 1). With this lofty goal set, it should seem that dual credit programs would be reducing the educational achievement gap. After all, dual credit programs by definition allow all students the opportunity
Research Methods Literature Review A literature review on an identified research topic or issue is an important element when conducting a study regardless of whether the study employs qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods research design. The significance of conducting a literature review is attributable to the several functions and roles the review plays in the research process. Literature review is crucial when conducting a study because it’s a means of synthesizing
Low, Stanton, Bower & Gyllenhammer (2010) Strengths: All women at Stave IV breast cancer, allows to moderate for stage level differences in psychological processing Random assignment to experimental group Control group also writes, just not expressively and about emotions Based on social constraint theory Used standardized scales for measuring depression and somatic symptoms Took into account time since diagnosis Weaknesses: Short and infrequent writing (4 x 20 minute intervals over a period of 3 weeks) Moderating variables (perceived emotional