Research Methodology Analysis
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Research Methodology Analysis
Introduction
When carrying out a research, there are several issues that one need to consider so to ensure everything goes as expected. In many situations researchers fail since they are not aware of the best process or method to use and the target population to approach. In our scenario, we are carrying out a research on the implication and risk of Wi-Fi calling on mobile device. From the topic of the research, it can be seen that there will be a specific group of people who will be perfect in answering the research questions that will be asked. There are also several research methods that can be used but for the purpose of coming up with the best results, the best option is chosen. WI-FI calling is a trend that is being used by many people owing to the technological developments. The practice is unavoidable since everyone is looking forward to using it. To define the implications and the risks involved, there is the need therefore to define the most people who use the WI-FI calling (Freudiger, 2015). In this situation, the best target group would be the college students. The group is one that is actively involved with the WI-FI calling and other technological developments with regard to communication. They may be at a better position to describe whether there are effects they get from using the WI-FI calling technique. The students may not want to be disturbed as they go along with their daily activities and therefore the research method that will best suit the case will be use of questionnaires. The students may not be comfortable being involved in interviews as that would take more of their time as compared to filling a questionnaire which they will do so at their convenient time. The specific procedures that will be used in the research are outlined in the analysis below.
Research design
The research design outlines the overall strategy that one chooses in integrating the different components of the study coherently and logically. This ensures that the research problem is well defined and will be addressed efficiently. The research design constitutes the blueprint for the collection, analysis of the data being collected and the measurement. In simpler terms, the research design is the framework that has been created by the research team to define answers to the research questions. The research questions that we need to define is what are the implications and the risks that are associated with WI-FI calling. The research does not want to define why but how. The research design, therefore, that is suitable for the process is the descriptive design. The descriptive design helps provide answers of how and when answers to the research questions. There are so many causes of the risks may be associated with the WI-FI calling, and that is what the research wants to define (Ghosh, 2013). The questions that the design poses will be how the WI-FI calling has so many risks associated with it. There may be so many reasons as to why the risks occur but the research is not interested in the reasons but the specific risks. The research design works to provide a platform where the respondent will be able to answer only what is being asked. In most cases, it’s a one or two answer question and does not need explanations (Freudiger, 2015). The explanation would be effective if the research is on the causes of those risks.
The approach will be characterized by giving the respondents questions that will require specific answers. There are many answers that the respondents may have and will only be required to outline them as compared to explain. The research is based on the risks and not the causes of the risk. The descriptive design is therefore appropriate for this research as it will give the specific answers the researchers are looking for. There are situations that the research may want to define the risks and the causes of those risks. In that case, there would be the need to work with detailed information to define the risks and the causes of those risks (Taylor, et al. 2015. The strategy, in this case, will, therefore, be to give the respondents questions on specific areas on the implications that are caused by WI-FI calling on mobile devices. With the question, they can easily define what the risk is and why they find it a risk.
Participants
As outlined earlier, the research is on the implications and risk associated with WI-FI on mobile devices. Mobile devices are commonly used by the middle-aged. That does not mean that the young and the old do not use them. No. the reason is that those who are actively involved in the use of the mobile devices are the middle age and those are the people who can help come up with the best results. In our research, the best participants will, therefore, be college students. They are actively involved in the use of the mobile devices that use WI-FI. For the best results, it’s good to consider a number not less than 100 students. These are useful since they will give different results which will give a better platform in comparison of the data. There could be more than 100, but due to time and resource constraints, we will work with 100 students.
The gender that will be considered will be both male and female. Everybody uses the WI-FI mobile devices, and therefore there will be no discrimination of the gender. The most appropriate results will, however, be got if we involve the same number of men as ladies. There may be issues that are affecting the men and not the women and therefore the need to consider analysis from both genders (Ghosh, 2013). The mobile devices are used for the same purposes by the two genders, but some issues may be a problem to one party. Having an equal number of participants will, therefore, results in better outcomes. The age that we will consider will be from 16 years to 40 years. These are the people who most of the time they spend using the devices. In a research done recently, this age bracket spends most of their time on the mobile devices and more so in areas where there is WI-FI.
The socio-economic factors will have a significant impact on the research since we will be targeting the students who have the gadgets and who actively use them. There are several classes in college, and those classes have different attributes. There are those that may be well off and have the chance to own two or more mobile devices (Taylor, et al. 2015). However, there are those who may have a difficulty in buying even a single device, and therefore they may not be of impact to our research. The research will not be discriminative in any way, but we prefer to have respondents who are competent and know about the risks associated with WI-FI mobile devices.
On top of choosing who will be our favorable respondents, there will be the process of obtaining permission and consent from the respondents. Some researchers seem to be forcing people to answer their questions which end up by them getting wrong results. In our research, we will ensure that the only people who participate in the process are willing. The procedure will be first to approach the respondents and define to them what the research is all about. We will also outline the challenges in the research and the risks involved. Privacy will be assured to them, so they fear not on what they write as their respond (Smith, 2015). After all these, we will request those willing to participate in the research to pick the questionnaires and feel free to fill them within a specified time. This process ensures that only those who are interested will fill the questionnaires and they are assured of their privacy.
Instrumentation
The instrument that we anticipate to use in the data collection is the questionnaire. This instrument is suitable in our context since it allows the students to respond to the questions in their own free time. There is the need to give the respondents space so they can respond freely and with their consent. Questionnaires in such a situation are the best since they give us the specific results that we want. The research needs the specific risks and implications that are caused by WI-FI devices. This means that the respondent does not need to think of any other issue apart from what the research is looking for. There will be questions that will be outlined both closed and open headed, and the respondent will be required to give specific answers. Students are known not to like researchers that require them to think much since they respond during their free time. Giving open-ended questions gives the respondents the freedom to choose from what they think is true or false and it makes the research easy.
Procedure
The procedure of carrying out the research will involve first analyzing the researches that have ever been done. The previous research will help to define the possible questions that should be asked in such a scenario (Ghosh, 2013). There are also those areas that these studies were not able to address and therefore that may be one of the areas we will want to address. There are challenges that we may find occurred during those researches, and we will want to avoid them. After analyzing the researches that have already been done, we will come up with the questions that we want addressed. The research team will then approach the respondents with the questionnaires by first addressing them on the research and what it entails. After they accept to respond the team will distribute them and give the respondents some few days so they can collect the results some other time. After the results are collected, they will be sorted both male and female responses, and the analysis process will follow.
Data processing and analysis
After the data have been collected, the next process will involve the analysis to come up with the results. The first process will involve sorting the data regarding gender. As outlined, there may be issues the male may be seeing differently with the female. After that, there will be detailed outlining of the results got on the basis of the risks identified. There are those that may be identified as severe while others are minimal. The team will, therefore, work on sorting the data in that procedure and come up with the best order of the results. The respondents may have answered the questions differently, and therefore there will be the need to analyze every result and the attributes related to it. The results, however, may be in some way related and therefore the team will come up with a way of classifying the results (Lewis, 2015). There may be those related with time wastage and therefore can fit in the same category of results. However, this will be done with the keen eye to ensure that the data is not mixed up regarding personal views. The results will then be compiled and stored for further researches and to come up with the risks and implications of WI-FI mobile devices.
Summary
When carrying out research, there is the need first to define what the research problem is. This is the sole determinant of all the processes that will be followed and the research design. The research problem should not be defined by the research design but the other way round. This ensures that everything needed in the research is accomplished and that the respondents give correct details. There is the need to ensure the only respondents involved in the research are willing, and their consent is observed. Results should also be analyzed in a way that the anticipated results will be achieved.
References
Freudiger, J. (2015, June). How talkative is your mobile device?: an experimental study of Wi-Fi probe requests. In Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Security & Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (p. 8). ACM.
Ghosh, A., Gajar, P. K., & Rai, S. (2013). Bring your own device (BYOD): Security risks and mitigating strategies. Journal of Global Research in Computer Science, 4(4), 62-70.
Lewis, S. (2015). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches. Health promotion practice, 16(4), 473-475.
Smith, J. A. (Ed.). (2015). Qualitative psychology: A practical guide to research methods. Sage.
Taylor, S. J., Bogdan, R., & DeVault, M. (2015). Introduction to qualitative research methods: A guidebook and resource. John Wiley & Sons.