Research on Transport: Methods, Objectives, and Findings
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Running head: RESEARCH ON TRANSPORT 1
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RESEARCH ON TRANSPORT
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Contents
Specific objectives.......................................................................................................................................3
Research methods.......................................................................................................................................3
Research design.......................................................................................................................................3
Sampling plan..........................................................................................................................................3
Defining the sample population..............................................................................................................3
Defining the size of the population;.....................................................................................................3
The type of contact options used........................................................................................................4
Formation of a sampling frame...........................................................................................................4
Data collection.........................................................................................................................................4
Developing a questionnaire.................................................................................................................4
Data analysis............................................................................................................................................4
Reporting findings...................................................................................................................................5
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Contents
Specific objectives.......................................................................................................................................3
Research methods.......................................................................................................................................3
Research design.......................................................................................................................................3
Sampling plan..........................................................................................................................................3
Defining the sample population..............................................................................................................3
Defining the size of the population;.....................................................................................................3
The type of contact options used........................................................................................................4
Formation of a sampling frame...........................................................................................................4
Data collection.........................................................................................................................................4
Developing a questionnaire.................................................................................................................4
Data analysis............................................................................................................................................4
Reporting findings...................................................................................................................................5
RESEARCH ON TRANSPORT
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Specific objectives
To explore and determine the average distance and the time the university student travel
from home or their residing places to school
How to improve student satisfaction
Student preferred a way to school
To investigate student costs of transport to and from the school
To investigate means of transport the student use to move to and from school
To determine challenges associated with the means of transport the students use
To investigate and determine how these challenges associated with the means of transport
affects the students and their class performance
To recommend on student way to come to school as a way of solving this problem
Research methods
Research design
Our aim for this study is to examine the problems facing the James university students
when it comes to transportation to and from school. We also examine on the effects these
problems have caused on the students in classwork. For better research and problem-solving, we
resolved to adopt the mixed method research design. With this design, our team combines
elements of both qualitative research and quantitative approaches that may include the use of
qualitative and quantitative viewpoints, data collection, its analysis and findings for the deeper
understanding of this matter. (Johnson, 2017) In our case, we are interested in the satisfaction of
the students on the means of transport provided, their preferred ways to travel to school, how the
current state affects students study and class attendance and thus making up our dependent
variables. Some of the issues that we may consider to affect the above-interested concerns are
what can be termed as the independent variable. They include time at which buses and train
travel as well as their prices.
Sampling plan
For our research, we have designed a sampling plan that is a detailed outline of the
measurements we shall take, the different times, the materials that we have used and the manner
and who used them. Non-probability sampling will be used in our case. It’s selected to respond
to our main objectives of this study. It’s geared to getting samples of the total population of 3500
students in James University on whom we are conducting our study on. The following steps have
been used to come up with sampled and sizes of the sample to be used in this research.
(Sematech, 2016)
Defining the sample population
Since the population we are researching on is composed of university students, we have
considered using students from the James university that have been travelling to and from school
on foot and those who have been using the train to access the school to and from their homes.
We have considered these two groups since they have enough information on the experience
concerning the challenges they have facing when going to school and back to their homes. They
will be a fair judge on these experiences and help us in determining the solution and
recommendation for such transport related problems. Moreover, we shall interview them
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Specific objectives
To explore and determine the average distance and the time the university student travel
from home or their residing places to school
How to improve student satisfaction
Student preferred a way to school
To investigate student costs of transport to and from the school
To investigate means of transport the student use to move to and from school
To determine challenges associated with the means of transport the students use
To investigate and determine how these challenges associated with the means of transport
affects the students and their class performance
To recommend on student way to come to school as a way of solving this problem
Research methods
Research design
Our aim for this study is to examine the problems facing the James university students
when it comes to transportation to and from school. We also examine on the effects these
problems have caused on the students in classwork. For better research and problem-solving, we
resolved to adopt the mixed method research design. With this design, our team combines
elements of both qualitative research and quantitative approaches that may include the use of
qualitative and quantitative viewpoints, data collection, its analysis and findings for the deeper
understanding of this matter. (Johnson, 2017) In our case, we are interested in the satisfaction of
the students on the means of transport provided, their preferred ways to travel to school, how the
current state affects students study and class attendance and thus making up our dependent
variables. Some of the issues that we may consider to affect the above-interested concerns are
what can be termed as the independent variable. They include time at which buses and train
travel as well as their prices.
Sampling plan
For our research, we have designed a sampling plan that is a detailed outline of the
measurements we shall take, the different times, the materials that we have used and the manner
and who used them. Non-probability sampling will be used in our case. It’s selected to respond
to our main objectives of this study. It’s geared to getting samples of the total population of 3500
students in James University on whom we are conducting our study on. The following steps have
been used to come up with sampled and sizes of the sample to be used in this research.
(Sematech, 2016)
Defining the sample population
Since the population we are researching on is composed of university students, we have
considered using students from the James university that have been travelling to and from school
on foot and those who have been using the train to access the school to and from their homes.
We have considered these two groups since they have enough information on the experience
concerning the challenges they have facing when going to school and back to their homes. They
will be a fair judge on these experiences and help us in determining the solution and
recommendation for such transport related problems. Moreover, we shall interview them
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