feel that this information finding this information could be useful to many people. For example if you are looking to buy a new home or even start a new business, you’ll probably want it located in a safe neighborhood. This study will help identify the signs of a safe neighborhood. Knowing why crime rates are higher in some areas may also help prevent the crime rate to rise in other neighborhoods. For example, if crime rates are higher in neighborhoods with a higher percent of vacant houses, a city
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discuss how and when to apply them. Quantitative studies provide data that can be expressed in numbers—thus, their name. Because the data is in a numeric form, we can apply statistical tests in making statements about the data. These include descriptive statistics like the mean, median. Data from qualitative studies describes the qualities or characteristics of something. You cannot easily reduce these descriptions to numbers—as you can the findings from quantitative research; though you can achieve
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if it was on a small scale the money would be less but then more employers would mean less time and less employers would take more time for the task to be complete. To help with the time and money issue funding bodies will be required to help. For example Government backed up research will have more money potentially available to them as well businesses, organisations, research institution’s etc. who fund the research. But this also links
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the effect of sales promotion on customer loyalty in the telecommunication industry. In this study, the survey method was used in gathering information from the respondents. Simple random sampling was used to select a sample size of 310, while descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were conducted with the aid of SPSS software. Producers spend a large part of their total marketing communication expenses on sales promotion. Hence, this paper attempts to find the effect of sales promotion
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the children were with impaired drivers. Most of the drivers survived the crashes, while the unrestrained children died. In this writer’s opinion, this article used descriptive statistics to get the point across to the readers. This writer’s thinks the authors of the article are trying to use these statistics as a tragic example of the recklessness of the driver. The authors cited their references but the reader would have to do research to see if the numbers are actually accurate. The article
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Samantha Roberts Student Number: Word count: 1,289 There has been an ongoing paradigm debate between quantitative and qualitative research amongst social scientists for a number of years. Qualitative Research is a particularly new concept developed to obtain and analyse data however many researchers are yet to take a liking to this concept (Bryman, 1984). Qualitative research refers to studies that are conducted in natural settings and include participant observation, focus groups and in-depth
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this study, (2) explain the sample selection, (3) describe the procedure used in designing the instrument and collecting the data, and (4) provide an explanation of the statistical procedures used to analyze the data. Research Methodology A descriptive research methodology was used for this study. A survey was administered to a selected sample from a specific population identified by the National School Board Association. The term ‘survey’ is commonly applied to a research methodology designed
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Part 1: Regression Descriptive Statistics| |Mean|Std. Deviation|N| Family income prior month, all sources|$1,485.49|$950.496|378| Hours worked per week in current job|33.52|12.359|378| Correlations| |Family income prior month, all sources|Hours worked per week in current job| Pearson Correlation|Family income prior month, all sources|1.000|.300| |Hours worked per week in current job|.300|1.000| Sig. (1-tailed)|Family income prior month, all sources|.|.000| |Hours worked per week
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WRITING AN EFFECTIVE RESEARCH PROPOSAL The purpose of this handout is not to teach you how to design a research project. Rather it is to help you translate your research plans into an effective research proposal. A well-written proposal will ease the process of obtaining institutional and ethical approval and will increase your chances of obtaining funding for your project. The writing of this booklet was guided by our experience writing proposals but also on our experiences as reviewers on institutional
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ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT MSc in Accounting, Finance and Management and Economics, Finance and Management ECON 70003 Quantitative Methods October 2007 Lecture Notes Part 1 Statistics David Winter D.Winter@bris.ac.uk 1 Some Basic Concepts 2 Expectations, Moments and Descriptive Statistics 3 Bivariate Distributions 4 Estimation 5 The Normal and Related Distributions and Interval Estimation 6 Hypothesis Testing These notes provide a summary of the lectures. They are not
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