NIT6130 Introduction to Research Assignment

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INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
The Name of the Student
The Name of the Course
The Name of the Professor
The Name of the School
The City and State where it is located
Date

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Table of contents
List of tables..........................................................................................................................4
List of figures........................................................................................................................5
1.0 Data collection................................................................................................................6
1.1 The sources of data.....................................................................................................6
1.2 Collection of data........................................................................................................6
1.3 Storage of data............................................................................................................7
2.0 Design and implementation...........................................................................................8
2.1 Data pre-processing...................................................................................................8
2.2 Feature selection or dimension reduction................................................................9
2.3 Experiment design....................................................................................................10
2.3.1 The design steps.................................................................................................10
2.4 Implementation........................................................................................................12
2.4.1 The software and tools used in the implementation.......................................12
2.4.2 Representation of the numbers of respondents using charts/graphs...........13

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2.4.3 The results of the experiment...........................................................................15
3.0 Results analysis and summary....................................................................................18
3.1 The expected results.................................................................................................18
3.2 The summary of the results.....................................................................................18
4.0 Outline of experiment and result analysis.................................................................19
References...........................................................................................................................21

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List of tables
Table 1: Data collection table..............................................................................................4
Table 2: Data storage table..................................................................................................5
Table 3: Data selection and reduction table......................................................................7
Table 4: A table of survey questions...................................................................................8
Table 5: A table of the categories of respondents..............................................................9
Table 6: Table of respondents (The total number of participants =500)......................10

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Table 7: A table of survey questions and results.............................................................14
List of figures
Figure 1: Data pre-processing.............................................................................................7
Figure 2: A pie chart showing the percentages of respondents according to their age
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Figure 3: A pie chart showing the percentages of the respondents according to their
age in years...................................................................................................................................13
Figure 4: A bar graph showing the percentages of the respondents according to their
education level..............................................................................................................................14
Figure 5: A bar graph showing the results of the research questions...........................16

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1.0 Data collection
Data collection is usually the first step in any experiment. Before we start any experiment,
we need to collect the data to be used in our experiment. The data collected will help the
researcher to get the solutions of his or her experiment (Goodman, Cryder, and Cheema, 2013,
pp.213-224). The data is usually collected from different sources which contain the required
data.
1.1 The sources of data
In carrying out any research, we need to collect the required data from the relevant sources.
The sources of data may be institutions, organizations, different people, or any other relevant