Research Methodology and Data Analysis
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1INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCHThe Name of the StudentThe Name of the CourseThe Name of the ProfessorThe Name of the SchoolThe City and State where it is locatedDate
2Table of ContentsList of Tables........................................................................................................................4List of Figures.......................................................................................................................51.0 Data collection................................................................................................................61.1 The sources of data.......................................................................................................61.2 Collection of data.........................................................................................................71.3 Storage of data..............................................................................................................82.0 Experiment design and implementation......................................................................92.1 Data pre-processing......................................................................................................92.2 Feature selection or dimension reduction..................................................................112.3 Experiment designing.................................................................................................122.3.1 The steps of designing the questionnaire............................................................122.4 Implementation of the research..................................................................................162.4.1 The sample size...................................................................................................162.4.2 Analysis of the number of respondents who took place in the research.............172.4.3 Representation of the numbers of the respondents who took part in the research using graphs...........................................................................................................................18
32.4.4 The results of the research...................................................................................222.4.5 Representation of the results using pie charts.....................................................233.0 Experiment result analysis and summary..................................................................243.1 The results estimation................................................................................................243.2 The summary of the results........................................................................................254.0 Outline of experimentand result analysis.................................................................26References...........................................................................................................................28
4List of TablesTable 1: Data collection table..............................................................................................5Table 2: Data storage table..................................................................................................6Table 3: A table of pre-processing, selection and reduction of data...............................9Table 4: A table showing the classification of the respondents according to their gender, age range, and background...........................................................................................11Table 5: A table showing the numbers of the respondents who participated in the research.........................................................................................................................................16Table 6: A table showing the summary of the results of the research..........................20
5List of FiguresFigure 1: Diagrammatic representation of data pre-processing techniques................10Figure 2: A pie chart to represent the percentages of the respondents according to their gender..................................................................................................................................18Figure 3: A bar graph to represent the numbers of the respondents according to theirage range.......................................................................................................................................19Figure 4: A bar graph to represent the numbers of the respondents classified according to their background...................................................................................................20Figure 5: A pie chart representing the percentages of the respondents who use and those who don’t use the social media and or the internet to purchase their products or services..........................................................................................................................................22Figure 6: A pie chart representing the percentages of the male and the female respondents who use the social media and or the internet to purchase their products or services..........................................................................................................................................23
61.0 Data collectionBefore we conduct any research, it is required to collect the data which will be used in the research. Therefore, data collection is normally the first step which should be applied in any research process. We have various methods which can be used in the data collection process. Themost commonly used data collection methods include questionnaire or survey data collection method, conducting interviews, direct observation, and experimentation (Sullivan-Bolyai, Bova, and Singh, 2014). The researchers should choose the best data collection method which will meettheir needs at a low cost and without spending so much of their time. Questionnaire or survey method is the most common method of data collection used by many researchers. In the data collection process, the researchers should also identify the best sources which contain the required data. After collection of the required data, the data is normally recorded in data collection tables for easier analysis of the data. The data may also be stored in data storage tablesfor future references (Yamada and Wuttig, 2007, pp.824-832).1.1 The sources of dataBefore starting the experiment, the researchers should identify the available sources of the required data. They should choose the best sources for them to have an easy time in the data collection process. Our research aims to study the impacts of E-commerce on the behavior of customers in business. The customers who use the internet to study about businesses and purchase their products or services over the internet can be found in malls, in businesses which use E-commerce services, in institutions, in the social media or many other places or
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