Research Project: Analyzing Social Media's Effect on Consumer Behavior

This report presents a research project examining the influence of social media on buyer behavior. The introduction defines research and its application to understanding how social media affects consumer choices. The student outlines their personal contributions, including topic selection, literature review input, and research methodology development, detailing the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods, including primary and secondary data collection. The report reflects on the research experience, highlighting challenges such as coordination issues, and the development of teamwork and management skills. The student identifies their strengths, such as writing the introduction and methodology sections, and discusses the impact of social media on brand awareness and consumer insights, using both primary and secondary data collection methods. The study employed a simple random sampling method, surveying 100 respondents, and used questionnaires and thematic analysis to analyze the data. The conclusion summarizes the challenges faced and the insights gained, emphasizing the role of social media in influencing buying behavior.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
Personal contribution to topic ....................................................................................................3
Personal contribution to literature review ..................................................................................3
Personal contribution to research methodology .........................................................................3
Reflection on research experience .............................................................................................5
My strength indicating which sections of the research project I personally wrote and learning
from experience ..........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Research is defined as consideration of study associated with a specific problem using
various scientific methods. The following report includes reflection on accomplishing research
done on the topic – “Social media effect on buyer behaviour”. Following report will explain
various challenges and problems faced by investigators while completing the research.
Personal contribution to topic
The topic of my research is social media effect on buyer behaviour and I took lot of time
in thinking to find an interesting topic for doing a research. Social media is a current topic on
which every business depends so I thought it would be best to do research on this topic. This
research will help to know how behaviour and traits of a consumer change by watching videos
and photos on social media. Also nowadays, advertising on social media is playing an important
role in increasing the number of consumers (Case, and Haines, 2013). I wrote the submission of
topic approval by searching information related to topic. The team was also convinced by this
topic and we all started to work towards doing research effectively. I have done a lot of research
before finalising the topic for completing the effectively. I think that research topic is the main
thing on which whole project depends so the main focus of our team is on this part.
Personal contribution to literature review
After the topic was approved it was time to search information and data for writing
literature review. Whole literature review was written by another member of research but I also
suggested some of my views and thoughts about social media advertising. For giving my
contribution in writing of literature review, I watched a documentary on social media. After
watching this, I researched journal articles related to relationship between consumer behaviour
and social media. I gave my collected information to other members so that they can write
literature review in proper manner.
Personal contribution to research methodology
After writing the literature review, the next step of project is the research methodology.
I collected information regarding social media and it's negative and positive effects on consumer
behaviour. Research methodology is the particular technique and procedure that helps in
identifying, processing and selecting information on the topic (Bhil, 2015). There are many
methods for research study including approaches, sampling, philosophies, data collection and

analysis. It is important for me to understand nature of every tool and apply the best to my
research. In doing this research, I considered nature of research topic and found out various
methods of collecting data for research (Chitariu, 2015). I these research I used both qualitative
as well as quantitative method. After reading about both the researches, I decided to determine
objective statistical conclusion and hypothesis for completing this project. This techniques has
helped in understanding topic of research easily and finding out various challenges associated
with social media and business. It became easy for me to define and analyse research topic
effectively. Secondary analysis was also used by me while completing this project. Secondary
analysis is known as gathering of information for developing deep information about social
media and business. I used various books, journals, government sites and articles for collecting
information for this research (Pani, 2015). This data will be more economical. Have used
secondary method of data collection for identifying and analysing information correctly. Also
this information is important for answering research questions about various facts. On the other
hand, I also used primary data for completing research. I have carried out primary data
techniques to know more about effect of social media effect on buying behaviour of customers.
The source of data used in primary research are observations, surveys, personal interviews, etc. I
used primary data for collecting authentic and relevant information for research (De Robbio,
2018). Sampling is defined as selecting particular group of people and asking them to provide
information about research topic. For completing the given research, I used sampling method
and take sample size of 100 respondents as customers. There are different types of sampling like
clustering, multi stage, systematic and stratified sampling method. But I used simple random
sampling method and this aided in collecting relevant information with the help of probabilistic
approach. Questionnaire is the most important part of research for doing primary research. I have
used questionnaire techniques for collecting primary data about social media effect on consumer
behaviour. While making the questionnaire, I kept research aims and objectives in mind. In this
research, I have collected primary facts and figures through email as this is a pocket friendly
method. Also, I have collected data through secondary method by using published articles,
research papers and different books. I have used qualitative technique as it includes thematic
analysis of perspectives, human tendencies and consumer behaviour. The thematic analysis used
in the research helped me in analysing aim of research properly (Yan, Jia, Liu and Li, 2015). It
also helped in presenting data by categorising it into various categories and themes. I have

presented my thematic analysis by using graphs, pie charts, histogram and ratio. This helped me
to make my research aim more clear and justified.
Reflection on research experience
The accomplishment of research was not an easy task. It took a lot of time and efforts to
do analysis and interpretation of data effectively in the research. There were many issues and
challenges faced by me and other team members while doing this research. But we all worked
hard for achieving the goals and objectives of the research (Ye and Huang, 2015). Sometimes,
there was less coordination and understanding between me and my partners at initial stage. But
with time, we developed a good understanding and bond which helped in achieving the research
aims and objectives (Liang, and Wakahara, 2015). While completing this research, I get to
develop team building skill and team management. I used to agree with others and also start
listening to other team members. We all helped each other at times of failure. Finally I was able
to complete my work effectively and achieve research objectives in given time.
My strength indicating which sections of the research project I personally wrote and learning
from experience
In the given research, I wrote introduction, research questions, research methodology and
quantitative research methods. I got to learn a lot while doing this research effectively. Also I
have developed many skills for conducting and managing research (Dima and Meghisan-Toma,
2018). Moreover, while doing this project work my main contribution is to write introduction
and research methodology part. I have collected relevant information on effects of social media
on consumer's buying behaviour. This increased my knowledge regarding this topic (Jetnikoff,
2015.). I enjoyed while doing this research. Also it was a great experience for me to work with
team and achieving the research objectives and aims. I have worked hard and all these efforts
have helped me in completing my work in an proper manner. My biggest strength is having good
communication skills and this helped me a lot in collecting relevant6 information from
respondents. Also I had analytical skills that helped me to critically evaluate social media
advertising in success of company. My patience level was low so there were times when I broke
down and unable to accomplish my research work. The outcomes of this research are social
media is having an influence on buying behaviour of customers. Social media helps in growth of
brand, awareness and aids in gaining valuable insights from them. I have used both primary and

secondary data for doing my research effectively. Simple random sampling method is used in
which 100 respondents were chosen. This was a tough task for all of us to ask every individual
what are their views and thoughts on social media. When I started doing my work, I developed
good analytical skills and worked effectively for achieving aims and objectives of research. I
have learnt a lot while doing this project. I developed team building and managing skills at the
time of conducting research work. My friends were not confident for taking interviews of people
so there I stood up helped them. For me it is easy to talk to people. But I am not good at
statistical data analysis so at that time I took help from my two partners.
CONCLUSION
The above discussion helps in determining various challenges and problems faced when
accomplishing the project. The above reflection includes thoughts and views related to various
research activities and tasks. In the above report many things are discussed related to research
experience. The above review shares views and thoughts related to topic.

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