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Sunday, 15 April 2012

Dimensions of research

What is Dimensions of research ?

















    The dimensions of research is understand several dimensions of research (Newman, 2000; Sekaran, 2003; Salkind 3003) : The purpose of a study, the use of research and the time in research. 

Research Purpose


   The research purpose have three types which is Exploratory, Descriptive and Explanatory . The exploratory is become familiar with the basic facts, setting and concerns. The descriptive is provide a detailed and highly accurate picture. The explanatory is test a theory's predictions or principles. My research topic can apply to the descriptive research because it also may came out with the new idea of the topic or can be provide a detailed about the topic related. The goal is to formulate more precise questions that future researcher can answers. According to my topic or issues, there is some questions that occur which is from the problems state during the government counter service for their customers.

Use of Research


    The use of research can differentiate into two type of research it is known as Basic research and Applied research. The basic research can be defined as "sources of most new scientific ideas and ways of thinking and the applied research". My issues or topic can be apply as the applied research because of this issues try to solve specific policy problems which the specific problems in my topic is customers satisfactions towards government counter service specific at Kuching, Sarawak and it will help the practitioners accomplish their tasks about the issues.

The Time Dimension in Research


    The time dimension can be found into two type which it is Cross-sectional studies and Longitudinal studies. According to my topic research it can be apply to the cross-sectional studies because it only can be done and gathered the data just once and it only take periods of time like days, weeks and months. My topic research may take a few months to accomplish it with better result.

Data Collection Techniques Used



    My data collection will used the quantitative research methods because I may used two type or many type of data collected to get a good data to evaluate my related research topic. The quantitative research methods is to gain a rounded viewpoint of customers satisfactions. There are two  way to get the data that I may use is survey and existing statistics because the existing statics will as my located research questions reference to the previous record, journal and other material and using this as my references, I will use such  as survey, analysis of complaints and compliments, observations and others related to this methods.


    



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