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Research Design: Indian Society Preferred Love Marriages or Arranged Marriages

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Research Design: Indian Society Preferred Love Marriages or Arranged Marriages

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Running head: Methodology 1MethodologybyCourse:Tutor:University:Department:October 11, 2017
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Methodology 2MethodologyA Research design is the organization of circumstances for data gathering in a way that isapplicable the aim of the study. (Creswell, 2013). This also includes testing the hypothesis aswell as answering the question at hand. It is used extensively and widely to describe attitudes,behaviors, values, and characteristics. This study adopted a descriptive research design whichaimed at ascertaining whether people in the Indian Society preferred love marriages or arrangedmarriages.Target PopulationNeuman, & Robson (2014) defines target population as the widespread research of all thesubjects of the actual area of interest, occasions or purposes to which a researcher desires togeneralize the outcomes. This survey was carried out in two different states in India to getdiverse socio-cultural and geographic setting and not to be biased in the data collection from aspecific state. This includes Maharashtra and Bihar. The target population was 1000 people. Thepopulation target was not achieved because not all turned out for the interview and somequestionnaires were misplaced or wrongly answered by the respondents. Sampling Design and ProcedureA sample is a small number of elements that are selected to represent the entire population size(Christensen et al., 2011). Stratified Random sampling was used because the team washeterogeneous and the researcher wanted equal participation. The sample size was 500 and wasarrived at using the stratified method with the strata being divided with the population in eachlevel. However, 350 responses were analyzed after checking for validity and reliability. The total
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