Conducting a Quantitative UK Dissertation Research Methodology – Step By Step Guide

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Conducting
a
Quantitative UK
Dissertation Research Methodology Step By Step
Guide
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Today's outline
Introduction Understanding and Tackling a
Quantitative Research Method
Techniques for Data Collection Key Difference
between Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
Justification for Using Quantitative
Method Conclusion
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Introduction
Amassing information, documenting facts
and attempting to find information in a rather
unsystematic manner could be wrongfully deemed as
research.
On the contrary, research refers to an
investigation that is appropriately structured
and revolves around a phenomenon.
The investigation here would be carried out with
a particular reason which could be for
verification of facts, and reaching a rational
conclusion.
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While the sources for knowledge could be many,
researchers in the social science domain
depend on procedures organized to confirm social
facts and this type of an organized structure is
usually deemed as research methods (Mitra, 2021).
Discussions revolving around the choice of
research method have been a concern that
keeps emerging, nonetheless, it is not restricted
to the social science domain exclusively.
On the contrary, it can be witnessed across every
academic domain.
Furthermore, this type of reemergence has been
anticipated as a result of the importance
associated with the selection of a research
methodology.
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When pursuing a masters course in UK
universities, students are frequently required to
write their masters dissertations and when there
are dissertations, having knowledge about
research methodologies are imminent.
Research methodologies are mainly of three types
and these include qualitative, quantitative
and mixed methods (Pawar, 2021).
Taking it one step at a time, this piece provides
information on developing your UK
masters dissertation using a quantitative
research methodology.
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Understanding and Tackling a Quantitative
Research Method
Quantitative research is deemed as an
organized inquiry to examine a phenomenon
ina numerical a statistical,
by collecting information
format and mathematical (Apuke,
executing
analysis
or computational
2017).
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Objectives within quantitative research need to
be such that it can be measured or at least split
from variables and hypotheses.
Variables here refer to notions that would
fluctuate and are known to assume various
values. However, hypotheses on the other hand are
deemed as propositions of assumptions
yet warranting testing of the link between
variables.
According to Igwenagu (2016), ex-post facto,
experimental, survey and case study research
are some of the commonly used quantitative
research approaches while developing a UK
dissertation.
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Techniques for Data Collection
Data collection in a quantitative research would
hinge on probability sampling and the use
of structured tools to gather data, which is apt
for diverse experience within categories of
response that are predefined.
Outcomes obtained through quantitative methods of
data collection produce results which render
it easy to generalize, summarize and comparison
(Eyisi, 2016).
Data for quantitative research is carried out
using tools like survey questionnaires.
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Key Difference between Qualitative and
Quantitative Approaches
In qualitative research, understanding and
insights to a problem setting is provided and it
usually exploratory and unstructured in nature
where in an investigation of a complex phenomenon
is carried out.
Qualitative methods are used when it is clear
that the phenomenon cannot be elucidated
with quantitative methods (Cropley, 2021).
While quantitative research refers to a research
type that relies on a natural science
technique which produces numerical data and hard
facts. The key purpose of a quantitative research
is to establish a cause and effect relation among
two variables using statistical, computational
and mathematical techniques (Synopsis, 2017).
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Justification for Using Quantitative Method
A research which is quantitative would be
structured around a scientific technique.
After getting an understanding about the
phenomenon under investigation, the researcher
delves into formulating hypotheses on which
deductive reasoning is applied by predicting the
manner in which the data needs to appear in case
the hypotheses are true, following data
collection and its analysis to reject or confirm
the hypotheses.
Furthermore, the findings derived from
quantitative research methods are such that it
can be generalized over a larger population This
lends credibility to the research and is
justification enough to use quantitative methods
in a dissertation.
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C onclusion
Considering the rate at which researches are
being executed within academic realms and also in
business sectors, choosing a particular method of
research would depend largely on several factors.
However, it has been stated by that the type of
research problems hold the key in the choice of a
research methodology.
According to the tenets of quantitative research,
there is a possibility that researchers are drawn
to select a particular research approach as one
which is most apt.
Nevertheless, what is important is that any and
every method of research is known to have its own
set of strengths and weaknesses, and
compatibility along with other strategies.
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