Lecture 04(online)
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    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (RM) notes 
                                    BY SHOBHNA JHA
                     DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, DCAC.
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                   Chapter 2: The Research 
                      Process (Kumar, 2014)
        The 8-STEP Model to Research: 
                              Step I: Formulating a research problem
                             Step II: Conceptualizing a research design
                      Step III: Constructing an instrument for data collection
                                     Step IV: Selecting a sample
                                Step V: Writing a research proposal
                                      Step VI: Collecting data
                              Step VII: Processing and displaying data
                                Step VIII: Writing a research report
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         The 8-Step model to Research
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          Choice of process same for all 
          methods; data collection different
         ➢Though the research process is broadly the same in both, quantitative 
          and qualitative research are differentiated in terms of the methods of 
          data collection, the procedures adopted for data processing and 
          analysis, and the style of communication of the findings. 
         ➢For example, if your research problem lends itself to a qualitative 
          mode of enquiry, you are more likely to use the unstructured interview 
          or observation as your method of data collection. 
         ➢When analysingdata in qualitative research, you go through the 
          process of identifying themes and describing what you have found out 
          during your interviews or observation rather than subjecting your data 
          to statistical procedures. 
         ➢The mixed methods approach to a research enquiry basically uses 
          methods and procedures of quantitative and/or qualitative approaches.
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