Pilot Study, Library Research, Adv & Disadvantages of Secondary Research

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PILOT STUDY: Meaning &

importance, LIBRARYRESEARCH, ADVANTAGES& DISADVANTAGES OFSECONDARY RESEARCH

Presented byEeba AfsarBBM 5th Semester


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CONTENTS

IMPORTANCE OF PILOT STUDY

LIBRARY RESEARCH

ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OFSECONDARY RESEARCH


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PILOT STUDY


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INTRODUCTION

You never test the depth of a river withboth feet

It is a small scale preliminary studyconducted before the main research, inorder to check the feasibility or toimprove the design of the research

Used in two different ways in socialscience research- feasibility studieswhich are "small scale version[s], or

trial runs


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REASONS FORCONDUCTING PILOT

STUDIES Process- Feasibility of the steps that

need to take place

Research- Time and budget problemsthat can occur

Management- Potential human and data

optimization problems Scientific- Tools of analysis


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CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS

Stop - main study not feasible;

Continue, but modify protocol - feasiblewith modifications;

Continue without modifications, butmonitor closely - feasible with closemonitoring and


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PROCEDURES TOIMPROVE THE INTERNAL

VALIDITY OF AQUESTIONNAIRE Administer the questionnaire to pilotsubjects in exactly the same way as it

will be administered in the main study Ask the subjects for feedback to identify

ambiguities and difficult questions

Record the time taken to complete thequestionnaire and decide whether it isreasonable

Discard all unnecessary, difficult orambi uous uestions


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Assess whether each question gives anadequate range of responses

Establish that replies can be interpretedin terms of the information that isrequired

Check that all questions are answered Re-word or re-scale any questions that

are not answered as expected

Shorten, revise and, if possible, pilot


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IMPORTANCE OF PILOTSTUDY

Crucial element of a good researchdesign

Conducting a pilot study does notguarantee success in the main study,

but it does increase the likelihood.

It is a potentially valuable insight and

should anything be missing in the pilot


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It permits preliminary testing of thehypotheses that leads to testing more

precise hypotheses in the main study

Provides the researcher with ideas,

approaches, and clues you may nothave foreseen before conducting thepilot study


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The researcher may try out a number of

alternative measures and then selectthose that produce the clearest results

Especially for students: mastersresearch may sometimes serve as apilot study for later research to be

carried out as part of a doctoralro ram


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Developing and testing adequacy ofresearch instruments

Assessing the feasibility of a (full-scale)study/survey

It helps in establishing whether thesampling frame and technique areeffective


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Resources (finance, staff) are neededfor a planned study

Assessing the proposed data analysistechniques to uncover potential

problems

Training a researcher in as many


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LIBRARY RESEARCH

Library research is a type of researchdesign based on periodicals, journals

and other secondary data. It is mainly acompilation of information.


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LIBRARY RESEARCHMETHODS

Keyword searches in online andprint sources

Subject searches in online andprint sources

Citation searches in printed

sourcesSearches through published

bibliographies

Searches through people sources:


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MAKING EFFECTIVELIBRARY RESEARCH

PLANNING LIBRARY RESEARCH

THE LIBRARY RESEARCH PROCESS

USING RESOURCES

REFERENCING AND BIBLIOGRAPHY


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PLANNING LIBRARYRESEARCH

Necessary to contact the libraries inadvance in order to be prepared for the

requirements you need to fulfill.This will save you time, expense andeffort.

You can use the library catalogue tosearch for materials held by a particularlibrary

The library staff is happy to answer

enquiries and provide training in using


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THE LIBRARY RESEARCHPROCESS

Analyze the research subject

Identify research tools and collections to

use Locate and obtain resources

Read and evaluate

Keep records


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USING RESOURCES:

Locating

Searching

Accessing

Evaluating

REFERENCING AND


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REFERENCING ANDBIBLIOGRAPHY

Include a reference when you quote or

paraphrase from another work in your

research using a footnote, an endnoteor an in-text reference

In your bibliography you should includeall the works (in whatever format) thatyou have used or have contributed toyour research

The MHRA system is a bibliographic

system commonly used in the


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SECONDARYRESEARCH


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INTRODUCTION

Secondary research refers to any datagathered for one purpose by one partyand then put to a second use by ormade to serve the purpose of a secondparty.

Broadest and most diffuse data

collection tool

The closest thing to an all-purposeresearch tool

TYPES OF SECONDARY


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TYPES OF SECONDARYRESEARCH

INTERNAL: Internal secondary data

consist of information gatheredelsewhere within your organization.Examples: sales reports, customerdatabases, reports from past primarymarket research

EXTERNAL: Outside the organization.Examples: information gathered bygovernment agencies such as the

Census Bureau, information compiled

d t f d


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advantages of secondaryresearch

Ease of Access

Low Cost to acquire

Clarification of Research Question

May Answer Research Question

May Show Difficulties inConducting Primary Research

The objectivity of the outsideperspective


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Disadvantages ofsecondary research

Quality of Research

Not Specific to Researchers Needs

Incomplete Information

Not Timely


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