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1
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What affects the choice of research method

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  • Primary and secondary data
  • Theoretical factors or positivism/interpretivism
  • Practical factors
2
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Why does cost affect the research method

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If funding is high - Longitudinal study

If funding is low - Postal questionnaire

3
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How does time affect research

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Lot of time - large sample

Little time - smaller sample

4
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How does the subject matter affect the research method

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Inpersonal subject - Group interview

Personal subject - anonymous questionnaire

5
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How does the characcteristics of the researcher and research subjects affect the research method

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Black researcher - Limited data about racism from white bosses
Researcher needs to be similar to subjects