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Research Design for the Sun Coast Project
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Research Design for the Sun Coast Project
Planning is always important prior to carrying out a task. Therefore having come up with research questions an hypotheses, it is in order to test them. This research design will encompass details on how the research will be conducted as well as provide insight on which data analysis methods will be used.
The Quantitative method of research was chosen for this exercise. When compared to the qualitative method which is suitable for studies that involve concepts, experiences or opinions the quantitative method emerged as the most suitable since it enables one to test the variables as well make predictions related to the study (Trochim et al., 2016).
Research Design
A describe approach for the research design was chosen since the study was going to involve the testing of the hypotheses as well as determining the relationship between various variables for example health of the company employees’ health in relation to the exposure to occupational noise
Research Methods
Two research methods were arrived at, namely correlation and descriptive statistics. For research questions two, three, four and five the descriptive statistics method was found most suitable since documents which contain data were to be used to obtain results whereas the correlation method was found suitable for research questions one and six since they contain variables and hence their relation needed to be determined.
Data Collection Methods
The data collection methods used were conducting of surveys which was used for research questions one and as well as records analysis which was used to obtain data for research questions two, three, six four and five.
Sampling Design
The random method of sampling was employed to the study since results could be able to be generalized to the whole employee population after findings were obtained and analyzed hence reducing the amount of resources that would be needed if the whole population would have been incorporated into the study.
Data Analysis Procedures
Correlation which aims at testing a null hypothesis that states there is no relationship between variables was the most preferred procedure for research questions one, two and six since in both question one and two the relationship between variables needed to be determined (Bryman & Bell, 2015). These variables were; period of exposure to particulate matter and number of sick patients per day as well as time lost during training and expenditure respectively. Correlation was also used to determine the relationship between high levels of occupational noise and the health risk involved. Regression was used for RQ3 since a prediction of whether there would be a rise in the amount of lead in the employees’ blood after a two year remediation project needed to done. ANOVA proved to be the most suitable for RQ4 since the test would be able to show the differences in returns of all the company’s lines of business. Lastly for RQ5 the t test was the most suitable as it could be used to compare the prior training method and the revised training method.
References
Trochim, W. M. K., Donnelly, J. P., & Arora, K. (2016). Research methods: The essential knowledge base.
Bryman, A., & Bell, E. (2015). Business research methods