Education Research Methods: Survey on Internet Usage and Sample Selection Techniques

EDUCATION RESEARCH METHODS

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Table of content
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
a)Explaining how you intend to select the sample to ensure it is representative of the population.
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b)Suggesting research questions for the study.................................................................................4
c) Naming demographic variables you would include in your study..............................................6
d) Ten Questions included in the questionnaire..............................................................................8
e)Explaining why are these questions chosen...............................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................13
References......................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
Research over a subjected topic requires intense research procedure which is focused on
incurring information which is relevant, accurate and fast to deliver a definite conclusion and
solution to the research question. The survey is also a very important tool of the research process
which helps in deriving effective knowledge which can help the research in articulating a
significant conclusion of the research. In the present research on the internet usage, there will be
a survey which will be conducted in Nusa to their people due to lack of finance and time
resources the research is cut down to only 1% of the total population in the city which estimates
1200 people. All of this respondent will have to answer a pre-made questionnaire which then will
be sampled and analyzed to know the results and derive an effective conclusion. The assessment
will demonstrate the methods and procedures which will be undertaken by the research to
conduct the following research.
a) Explaining how you intend to select the sample to ensure it is representative
of the population
The survey is a very fast and accurate quantitative measure through which data can be analyzed
in order to derive information from a large number of respondents. It can be said that in the
current scenario the number of respondents is 1200 which also a large number of respondent
hence there is need of proper sampling and sample differentiation in order to make sure there is
effective research done on the subjected topic. Now the topic here is the internet Usage in Nusa
where 1/3rd of the population is 18 to 30 the total population is 120,000 which means 40,000
people within the city are of age 18-30. Hence, the age groups of people are the most common
users of the internet and this why 400 out of 1200 in the selected population will represent the
age group of this range. Now other than this age groups there will be other age groups as well
which will be included in the research. Hence the sampling will be done on the basis of age
groups. Since, age group is one of the biggest factors which affect the survey here the samples
will be sampled in accordance with their age group. The sampling here will be done in a
scientific manner to make sure that every age group are represented within the survey data
analysis which will ensure an effective survey and research procedure. In this way, there will be
an evident procedure through which the following research process will be conducted.

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In the current scenario of the survey it is important that every sample represents the population in
an equal manner and for this purpose, the Random Sampling method will be used which will
ensure that all the samples get an equal chance to represent there the population of samples.
Random Sampling comes under the probability sampling method in which the sample is selected
on the concept of random selection and then ensures that every population of samples have some
representative which makes it clear and specific by not making the sampling process biased to
any one set of data and samples. Through the use of a random sampling process, there is a
chance the research can take out samples which are the most relevant from the accessible
population based on which analysis is conducted. In this way, every population and set of
samples are represented in a prominent way making the sampling process accurate to make a
significant conclusion which will give out information which is equally represented by each of
the samples within the overall population.
b) Suggesting research questions for the study
In order to conduct the survey, three questions have been taken as the research questions to
See the further study they are:
1. What is the internet usage?
2. What are the Benefits of the internet usage?
3. What is the Purpose of the internet usage?
In the above, there are three questions which have been selected as a research question. All the
three questions will be discussed one after another in order to show the importance of the three
questions.
In the first question meaning of the internet usage has been asked. The internet usage means the
amount of the internet based on bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes or terabytes which has
been used or which is used in the given geographical location known as Nusa Island. It has been
seen in the research that 80% of the population of Nusa Island are the internet user in their
everyday life. Whether people are playing online games or whether the students are taking
information for their assignments or projects or whether someone is surfing the internet the
internet generates usage.
The second question is based on the benefits of the usage of the internet. There are many benefits
of using the internet. In olden times it was not possible to see your friends or families who are