Assignment Task
Your task is to conduct an empirical research project during semester two on a topic that relates directly to your chosen degree area and to write aword report, on the research project you have undertaken. The report must include the following elements:
Introduction
- Presentation of the problem that you have identified
- Rationale for conducting the research, who could benefit from it and how
- Research aim and objectives
Methodology
- Approach and design Methods used and rationale for these.
- Presentation of the instruments for data collection
- Participants and Sampling (for quantitative research) Participants and criteria for selecting the participants (for qualitative research)
- Ethical considerations – (what ethical issues you have identified and what you did to address them)
- Validity and reliability (for quantitative research)