Different Sources of Data | Research
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Introduction to Research 1Introduction to Research
Introduction to Research 2Table of Contents1.Collection of Data..............................................................................................................................31.1Different sources of data...........................................................................................................31.2Description of data sources.......................................................................................................41.3Storage of data...........................................................................................................................72.Design and Implementation..............................................................................................................82.1pre-processing of data...............................................................................................................82.2Process of Feature Selection or dimension reduction..............................................................92.3Designing of the experiment....................................................................................................102.3.1Detailed procedure of design...........................................................................................102.3.2Results of the experiment................................................................................................112.4Implementation........................................................................................................................112.4.1Software and Tools used..................................................................................................112.4.2 Results of the experiment..........................................................................................................113.Analysis of the results......................................................................................................................213.1Estimations of the results........................................................................................................213.2Summary of the results............................................................................................................224.Experiment and Results Analysis Outline.....................................................................................221.1Collection of Data.................................................................................................................................22References.................................................................................................................................................24
Introduction to Research 31.Collection of Data There is a requirement to establish the procedure used to perform the experiment. It is essentialfor the researcher to collect the information related to the research topic before the analysis of theresults of the experiment for the purpose of gaining valid and reliable results. It is required toselect the sources from which the data will be collected in order to gain valid and reliable results(Silverman and Patterson, 2014). Firstly, the data sources will be identified and then, the mostappropriate source will be selected. The information will be presented in the table format. 1.1Different sources of dataIt is required for the researcher to search information regarding different problems and designexperiment before starting the experiment. There is an availability of different sources of datacollection such as secondary and primary sources of data collection. Primary sources of datacollection method help in collecting the information at first hand. There are several sources ofprimary data collection methods namely survey through questionnaire, interview, observationand focus group discussion. In addition to this, the information can also be collected by the useof secondary sources of data collection such as books, scholarly articles, online articles andofficial documents which helps in gaining valid and reliable results for the research study(Mallinson, Childs and Herk, 2013).There will be a use of mixed method of data collection is appropriate as it is a combination of theresources such as primary and secondary sources of data collection for collecting the relevantinformation related to the research topic. Survey through questionnaire method and informationfrom two relevant literary sources i.e. scholarly articles are used for the purpose of collection ofthe information related to the research study (Lim and Ting, 2013).
Introduction to Research 4The relevant information related to the research topic will be collected by sending surveyquestionnaire to 55 IT professionals. These are selected by the use of simple random samplingmethod that provides equal chance to every unit of the population to be selected to participate inthe research. This helps in collection of the objective information from them. Survey throughquestionnaire method consists of different questions related to the research topic on which therespondents provide their views and opinions that helps in gaining valid results for the researchstudy (Lista, 2015).1.2Description of data sourcesThe following table provides the information related to data sources, organization from where itcan be collected. Besides this, it also provides the information related to the type of data which iscollected such as fee and format.Data SourceNameSourceOrganizationITprofessionalsand ScholarlyArticle DataDescriptionData FileFormatCharge FeeTarget DataSourceData 1ScholarlyArticleRevolution ofIT in militaryTxtFreeYesData 2ScholarlyArticleDatabasemanagementsystem in ITtxtFreeYesData 3ITProfessionalsDo you thinkimplementationof IT plays atxtFreeYes
Introduction to Research 5significant rolein militaryservices?Data 4ITProfessionalsDo you thinkthat use of IThelps inreducing theoverall cost ofthe militaryoperations?txtFreeYesData 5ITProfessionalsDoesimplementationof IT isconsideredhelpful ingaining realtimeinformationrelated to theweapons usedin military?TxtFreeYesData 6ITProfessionalsDoes IT helpsintheTxtFreeYes
Introduction to Research 6designing ofthe automatedmilitaryweapons?Data 7ITProfessionalsIn youropinion, doesIT helps inimproving thesafety andsecurity ofmilitaryprofessionals?TxtFreeYesData 8ITProfessionalsDoes IT help insharing of theinformationamong themembers of themilitaryservices formaking quickdecisions?txtFreeYesData 9ITProfessionalsDoes the use ofrobots inmilitaryservices helpstxtFreeYes
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