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Report - Sampling Design and Data Collection Instrument

Student describe the population of their study, sampling method, sample size and how they will contact their participants. Based on your chosen research topic, research problem and questions, develop a sample design and data collection instrument (either a questionnaire or an interview guide) that can appropriately address the research questions. There should be a minimum of 10 questions. You must use relevant literature to show the relevance of your questionnaire or interview guide. Student identifies ethical considerations and address them.

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Using the questionnaire/ interview guide you developed in Assessment 99 , collect data from five students from your class/ friends. You must provide a detailed description of how you collected your data. Also, indicate the challenges you encountered during the data collection. Analyse the data and write a report demonstrating how the analysis addresses your research questions. If you have used a questionnaire for your data collection, use Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for the analysis. Construct and submit a data-entry ‘shell' ready to enter the data from your survey as an Appendix. Within this data-entry shell, please enter the responses to your pilot. You must provide a detailed description of the analysis methods you used and provide justifications for your methodological decisions. If you collected your data using an interview guide you must code the data using thematic analysis techniques. Show evidence of coding in your report. Attach your coding sheet as an Appendix.

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