Being commissioned for a Baseline Survey
Researchers these days are really on high demand. You won't believe how much organizations are spending in order to solve problems and gain knowledge through research. There is need to understand that as a researcher the learning process is continuous and you have to catch up with what is prevailing around you. When somebody knocks on your door in order to give you a job to do, as a researcher you have to take it seriously. Ever conducted a Baseline Survey? Ofcourse that word isn't really new to you but believe it or not, sometimes researchers may know...
Monday, June 10, 2013
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Preparation of a Research Questionnaire, Understanding the Issues
A Research Questionnaire, Making it happen
A research questionnaire is a valuable tool in collecting the necessary data for a successful research activity. In the world of research, communicating your findings well will depend on accuracy and relevance. You see, most of the times, many researchers will create a really bulky questionnaire which captures so much information while most of it is not even relevant. That can be a really big problem especially when it comes to coming up with a report that people can actually appreciate. There is need to understand that research has to be well thought...
Friday, June 7, 2013
Measuring Policy Change with Reseacrh, You need to try it
Capturing Policy change as it really is in Research
Research as we all know it today is an important part of our lives in unveiling some of the most important questions to do with society. Society dear friends is always dynamic, and things are not always what it seems until you do an in depth research to uncover the answers and mysteries behind what is and what may have been. One of the many things which affects us all is policy. Yes folks, policies implemented or past by the government of the day can shape the direction in which society may pass. Take for instance some policies to do with the...
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Increasing your intepretation of Research Findings, Dont ignore the Average
The Average can be your Best Friend
Whenever you are dealing with a mouth full of data there is always this thing of trying to understand what it really means. Imagine being a researcher who has to struggle with over a thousand entry's of data, how do you actually improve your understanding? When doing a data analysis, you can be sure that you are not alone in improving your understanding of research findings. However, it is disappointing sometimes that some researchers choose to ignore the use of a very fundamental approach in research and that is the finding of an average. Averages are indeed...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Satisfaction Score Rating, measuring perception in Research effectively
A Questionnaire that measures perception
Ever heard of a satisfaction score rating questionnaire? Well if you haven't then now is the right time to learn about how to measure perception using a tool which can really help you out in a research. When it comes to collecting data through a research activity you will find beyond reasonable doubt that collecting data isn't an easy task at all. Collecting quantitative data is usually a piece of cake but when it comes to collecting qualitative data, that can really be a nightmare. Why is that the case? measuring perception and opinions of others is such...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Conducting an Evaluation, A Research that really needs some answers
An Evaluation of a Programme
Alright, you have successfully been commissioned to conduct a research evaluation for an organization that has been for the past decade been implementing a programme. Unfortunately no evaluation has really been done to really see whether there are any significant results. Now, you are researcher and as a researcher you know the rules very well, whatever the situation you have to use conventional methods of research to pull this off. Lets say that this organization has been implementing a project or programme to deal with reducing child mortality by supplying necessary...
Monday, June 3, 2013
Data Analsis in Research, Bringing out the information you really need
Understanding Data Analysis for what it really is
What exactly is data analysis in research when you come to think of it? Who calls the shots in this area of research?Well simply put data analysis is about transforming data into information and information into insights according to one source. But you see, when it comes to data analysis you want to be able to tell a story out of your data analysis and be able to make decisions using simple approaches. Taking a simple approach such as in the case of data analysis can contribute to good assured results which really everybody really wants. You...
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Random Sampling Surveys, Gettting the best answers through Sampling
Sampling shouldn't ever be ignored in Research
Whenever a researcher would like to conduct a research, there is always need to significantly take a realistic, persuasive approach to gathering your findings in research. It doesn't really matter what others will say, but if you are conducting a research that will require you to select a sample group...Please do not hesitate to select a reliable, impressive sample group. A sample survey or survey sample will help you accomplish your research in a realistic better approach. Sample surveys or survey samples are realistically what every researcher...
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Conducting Research and Exploring all avenues
The world is changing and so should you. Online Market Research is the answer
There are many reasons why online market research could work for you as a market researcher. However you mustn't ignore this one truth that every researcher has the opportunity to use the internet to both disseminate and collect information. How can this be done? Well for starters you can simply create your own website and post reports of what you have significantly contributed in the world of research. Ofcourse when you have a website you have to find time to significantly write posts and review what others say about...
Friday, May 31, 2013
Do a Market Research Today
Do it yourself or Pay somebody to do it
Market researches are among the many researchers businessmen are spending huge sums of money on in order to get valuable information. Lets face it, the world is changing and we have to change with it because gone are the days when you just entered a business and started selling items which you understood little about. People these days dont just want to sell but would like to understand more about their market they operate in, the opportunities as well as the consumers and the list goes on.This post wont give you an academic definition of a market research...
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Enhancing your Report Writing Skills
Communicating your Research Findings effectively
Writing a report after conducting an important research is an art in itself because you want to make sure by all means that the findings of your research are communicated effectively. That is totally true no matter where you go or where you live, reporting findings of a research requires adequate skill. Some people these days mess up alot when it comes to communicating the findings because they haven't really got to know their audiences. However, reporting of information shouldn't be difficult for any researcher because as it is you know exactly...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Research and Reporting, Killing two birds with one Stone
Writing a Report that Kills in Research
Whatever you do wherever you go, you cannot run away from reporting your research findings. Ofcourse some do it but they suffer serious consequences for that. However reporting ladies and gentlemen gives you an opportunity to significantly communicate your findings to a wide mass of different stakeholders and audiences, How fun can that be?? But the reality is that even professionals these days struggle so much in reporting their findings in research. Reporting can really kill a research so hard that the last word you hear from your superiors is "You better...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Using Statistical Software in Research, Speak Out
SPSS or STATA can contribute to a good Analysis
Whenever you are done collecting all the necessary data you wanted from the field or from the sampled group, your next stage is how to start analyzing your data. Analysis is key to bringing out the right kind of information that you will be able to communicate at reporting. However, analysis can be a really hectic exercise for any researcher because at this stage of the process you already know that if you don't get it right at this stage, then what you communicate to your audience will be a major challenge. There are so many software's that aid...
Monday, May 27, 2013
Survey Questions, Using the Questionnaire at all Levels
Use the Questionnaire to ask the Right Questions
Whenever you are conducting a research most will feel tempted to use a questionnaire as a data collection tool for subsequently reporting.. Thats really were data collection should begin because a questionnaire can be a very usefull tool to collect data, at the same time it can be a very poor ally. Why is it that sometimes Research fails and subsequently failure on reporting? Well it all begins with the kind of data you are collecting in research which in turn begins with the kind of questionnaire you are using in research which in turn begins...
Friday, May 24, 2013
The definition of reseach in a world that hungers for knowledge
Gathering Knowledge through Research
The definition of research, Knowledge is power, it is certainly a phrase you do hear a lot don't you? but on an even brighter side you will discover that knowledge does play a very crucial role in shaping the world we have today. Just imagine the many break throughs in science and technology which would never had been achieved if there hadn't been efffective methods of doing research. Research is all about gathering data and information with the aim of adding to the stock of knowledge. Yes folks, that's plainly what research is all about......Knowledge!! You...
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