In my previous blog, "Qualitative and Quantitative Research: What's What?" I explained the difference between qualitative and quantitative research. In […]
In my previous blog, "Qualitative and Quantitative Research: What's What?" I explained the difference between qualitative and quantitative research. In […]
It is not always necessary to collect all the data yourself. You may also use existing sources. Think of databases […]
Already I have written several blogs about the use of research methods. But how do you choose a suitable research […]
After formulating your goals, designing the research instrument, and collecting information, it is time to analyze and report the data. […]
When you conduct interviews, you can find out a lot. You collect primarily qualitative data. (There are some tricks to collect quantitative data as well.)
When conducting a research, it is important to formulate the right research question. In this blog I explain how to do this.
Many people think of interviewing as the widely used method in which the interviewer asks questions to the interviewee. But there are other ways to interview. In this blog, I'll give you some examples.
Suppose you want to research a target group of as many as 10,000 people. Do you have to interview all 10,000 people to get the right results?
In a previous blog, I wrote about how best to draw a sample. In the blog, I briefly described the […]
From the conversations I have with various people who do research stems some confusion about the term research methods.
In my previous blogs, I explained how to determine the right research question and how to choose the proper research method. The next step in the research process is data collection. While gathering data, there are several things you need to keep in mind. I'll give you some tips.
If you are going to conduct research, it is essential to formulate the right research question. The purpose of the research and the research question indicates what the setup of the research will contain.
A questionnaire is used as a measuring tool to answer your research questions. It is essential that you can use the results of the questionnaire.
It is not always necessary to speak to everyone to get a representative picture. Especially with large numbers, such as the voting behavior of all Dutch citizens, a representative sample is drawn.
For many people, when they think of a research report, unfortunately, they still think of a bulky tome that reads like an exciting book (it works slowly towards the conclusion). However, there are other ways of reporting that are becoming more popular.