Topic Leadership:

DataCollection,Editing andCoding

A description of how the data editing, coding and analysis will be accomplished is required.Outline the method to be used for data collection, e.g. questionnaire, interview, focus group.Clearly outlinetherationaleforyourdatacollectionmethod, and discussthenature of thequestionstobeaskedandtheaimofthequestions.Athoroughunderstandingoftheresearchdatawitharangeofsuggestedstatisticaltechniques/qualitativeapproachesneedstobedemonstrated.Maycontainadraftofthechosen data collectionmethodintheappendix,e.g.questionnaire,interviewoutline,etc. (if a draft questionnaire is to be included you should include material to illustrate how youworked through the questionnaire design process or provide reference source for a pre- existingquestionnaireyou areproposingtouse).

Data Collection methods

(e.g. survey, interviews, focus groups, experiments etc...) and say why.

- Qualitative or Quantitative (or mixed)

7.2 Analysis of the data

- Data Analysis (how you are likely going to analyse the data).