Research Methodology
Introduction to Research
Assignment 3 – Methodology
Tasks:
1. State
your research problems and re-organize your collected literatures
a.
Prepare
a statement on your research problem
b.
Try
to structure the problem into a set of smaller sub-problems if possible
c.
Organize
the collected literatures according to the sub-problems defined
d.
Record
your work using the table below
Research Problem
|
Sub-problem
|
Collected Literature
|
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Problem 1
|
Sub-problem
1
|
Literature
1
|
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Literature 2
|
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…
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Sub-problem
2
|
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…
|
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Problem 2
|
Sub-problem
n
|
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…
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2.
Determine
the types of methodology (qualitative or quantitative)
a.
Compare
and contrast the features of qualitative and quantitative methodologies
b. Decide
what type of methodology you plan to applied in your project and justify your
decision
3. Review,
analyse and summarize the existing methodologies reported in the collected
literatures
a. Select
one sub-problem that you are going to work with. Get all the related
literatures ready for further analysis.
b. Take
intensive reading to identify research problems and the methodologies used to solve
the proposed problems
c.
Rate
the relevance of the literature to your sub-problem
d.
Record
your work using the table below
Literature #
|
Research Problem
|
Methodology
|
Your Sub-problem
|
Relevance
|
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4. Propose
your methodology
a. There
are three common options to identify your methodology
i. to
take use of any existing methodology from literature
ii. to use an existing
methodology or a set of existing methodologies with your modification (major or
minor)
iii. to proposal a novel methodology based on your own understanding
if you cannot find any existing methodology from literature that can solve your
research problem
b. Determine
which option that you would like to take and justify your reasons
c. List
benefits and limitation of your methodology
d. Provide a framework of
your methodology to show the main processes, steps and tasks to be taken (i.e.
flowchart can help to show your framework) with detailed explanations
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