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Qualitative research approaches and data analysis (50%) This assignment is made up of two sections. Section A is made up of two questions to choose one from. You arc required to answer only one question from Section A. Section 8 is made up of 1 question and it is compulsory. Therefore, you need to answer one question from Section A and the compulsory question from Section B. All the questions carry equal weighting and a total of 100 marks is available across the two sections. Section A This section is made up of two questions. A total of 50 marks is available for each question, you are required to choose 1 question from this section. Please answer one of the following questions. Ql. (a) Provide a brief analysis about how one's assumptions about human behaviour, and various social, economic and political processes, shape one's approach to research. (20 marks) QI. (b )What questions you ask, what kinds of data you collect, what "findings" you find interesting are all shaped by these assumptions. Please provide a critical reflection on the questions below: i. Describe your own underlying assumptions? (10 marks) ii. \Vhere do you stand on the positivist vs. interpretivist divide? Why? (20 marks) Or Q2. Imagine that you want to answer the following research question: What determines success in academia? To carry this out, you decide it is worthwhile to collect the knowledge, opinions, and beliefs of current and aspiring academics. Your assignment is to develop an interview protocol for both a faculty member and a student in your institute. i. Write a brief report describing your rationale for choosing interviews as the data collection methods. (5 marks) ii. How would you choose your interview subjects? iii. Prepare an interview protocol comprising of 10 questions, 5 directed at academics and 5 directed at students. iv. How would you motivate study participants...
Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 9780073526706
12th Edition
Authors: Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer