Quantitative Research: Assignment
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Quantitative Research: Assignment
Added on 2021-06-17
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Running head: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHQUANTITATIVE RESEARCHName of student:Name of university:Author note:
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH1Discussion of the ways the media article has made use of the published surveyresearch On 30th April, 2018 journalist Michael discussed the findings of Anglicare Australia tounderscore the plight of people who are facing problem with affordable housing. The aim of thispaper is to discuss about the media report covered by Michael on the survey research conductedby Anglicare Australia. It has been found that Anglicare Australia is committed in finding outabout the plight of the low-income group in relation to renting a home in the private market. Thepaper discusses about the ways in which the media report has explained, discussed and exploredthe findings of the published report by Anglicare Australia, evaluation of the strength andlimitation of the anglicare survey research and recommendations for the alternate methods ofdata collection.The purpose of Anglicare Australia is to examine whether people belonging to the low incomefamilies are able to rent home in the private market. This is done through by taking the snapshotof people with thousands of properties and is subsumed under the rent list on realestate.co.au.This survey research takes place during the months of March or April. After the collection ofdata, the next step adopted by them is to assess whether the property is suitable and affordablefor 14 types of household that have low income. The reporter asserts that whilst discussing andexamining about affordability the rents should not be more than 30 per cent of the budget of thehousehold and it was found that 485 properties were affordable according to the DisabilitySupport Pension (0.72 per cent). Out of this, 180 properties were found to be affordable for thesingle parents who have one child and only three rentals were affordable for the single person(Pro Bono Australia 2018). The findings from the study provide a grim picture about affordablehousing in Australia. This is indicate of the private rental market in Australia being more reliable
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH2than the state funded affordable housing to take care of the teeming population in the low-income category who are deprived of affordable housing in Australia. These findings indicatethat public housing or social housing should be the thrust of the government which in this case isabsent and therefore needs attention. It is not just the core places in the city but the regional areasare equally out of reach of the middle-income and low-income group. There has been a plummetin the pension as the employers have shifted their base. The media report has used the study toshare to examine, ascertain and articulate about the condition of affordable housing and rentingof properties in Australia. In addition, the media report provides insight into the demography ofpeople concerning this affordable housing. They have deployed the study to predict about thefuture of affordable housing and find the connection between poverty, homelessness andaffordable housing.Evaluation of the strength and weakness of the original publish research reportAnglicare Australia is committed to examining the condition of affordable housing andhomelessness in Australia through survey research. The research conducted by theorganization has been a nationally accepted benchmark. The organization calculated theincome of the household by deploying the government published information concerningthe existing rates of payments for Newstart, the Disability Support Pension,Commonwealth Rental Assistance, Youth Allowance, Aged Pension, Family Tax Benefitsand the minimum wage. This was the procedure followed by the organization. All thesecorroborate that the organization uses reliable sources for its secondary data analysis andindicate about the maximum affordable rent for each of the household types. The secondstrength of the research report lies in its area wise assessment in the condition of homeless andaffordable housing. The third strength of the report lies in its ability to accurately predict the
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