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Don’t know much about triangulation and instrument design, but the basic one is that priority is given to qualitative information collection and then data collection in instrument. However, in triangulation data and information is collected at the same time.
You definitely will need some RESEARCHING TOOLS for easy management and organisation. I am sharing the link where you can read about these tools.
http://www.dissertationindia.net/blog/effective-researching-tools-for-academics
Thanks for the blog Austin and all of you who replied.
I am going to make a quantitative questionnaire. My supervisor (though useless) suggests the same. So, I would need some tips for developing a good quantitative questionnaire. Like I know that likert scale is to be used, but when to apply it and how is a bit hazy. Any suggestions would be great! Thanks.
I am not sure about it. I think it will create problem for me during analysis as I would have to separately analyse quantitative data and qualitative data. Won’t that be tedious?
I am so sorry to hear that, it’s awful. These are definitely not minor revisions. You have to go through almost everything again. What did they comment about the writing? Are you native English?
Thanks a lot AustinBuzacott, that was quite helpful. My research questions are both starting with ‘what’ and ‘how’ and the main aim is to find the skills that companies search in final year graduates. So, I think mixed methods will be the most suitable approach.
Yeah, I can change my methods if they aren’t feasible during the data collection and analysis phase. I found a sage handbook and it’s quite helpful. I think I’ll go with the descriptive research design with positivism as the research approach.
As I have searched, quantitative research goes with positivism but I think that to really understand the employability skills required by the industries, I should conduct qualitative interviews with the HR teams. So, can I use qualitative questionnaire including quantitative questions also. Will it be considered as positivism?
