Homework Responses Week 6

For my research proposal I chose the topic of security management, more specifically, how the studying of the history of security management significantly impacts the effectiveness of those who practice it. At first I was very confused on how to go about this assignment, I had never done one before and turned out I was way off from the start. So I went back to basics and looked at how I conducted my research. I used a qualitative approach at first to delve into the history of security management. I went back at documentation of attacks and how had they been managed more properly they could have been avoided. Then I went to a more quantitative route and looked at the statistics of similar attacks and reviewed the logistics and casualties to come up with my purpose statement. My odd topic for a proposal led me to use some interesting research instruments. I started with first hand accounts of world and military leaders' choices and mindsets at the times, this I consider to be an observation. An observation is a first or second hand account of events taking place. Then once I went into the numbers and statistics of my research I went to using old and newer surveys that had already been conducted. Surveys aid the researcher by gathering quantitative data to assist with displaying the quantitative aspects of their proposal.

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