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Research Portfolio

Research Portfolio Primary research Survey -  https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RMJW95L Survey analysis -  https://online.fliphtml5.com/diioa/umma/?1621351986855 This questionnaire was for our corporate video unit, the reason we created a survey is that it helps us the people creating the video get a better understanding of who watched our video and to get a wider audience watching it outside the College department e.g. friends and family. It lets us see what we need to improve on and what was good about the video. It's also a very good example of primary research where I'm the one creating the questions and getting the answers instead of going on the internet and researching it. We got a total of 15 people that we chose to answer the questionnaire which meant we could keep it in a controlled environment where they are serious about the survey. We fitted a mixer of qualitive and quantitative question and this was done by having multiple choice questions and some text boxed ques...

The Nature and Purposes of Research

The Nature and Purposes of Research Primary research/self-generated research When a person conducts primary research, they gather their own data using surveys, interviews, observations, questionnaires, and other methods. Primary research is primarily focused on acquiring content-specific facts that may be used to solve a specific problem. Furthermore, it enables the researcher to collect first-hand data, which can be deemed more genuine and authentic in a study setting. I had to undertake my own primary research for the East Norfolk College T-Levels. I gathered data using a questionnaire that had closed questions. It was a very short questionnaire standing in at 9 questions with each questions getting more detailed with more answers given to them. I decided to only use closed questions as it would end up being more appealing to more people instead of them turning it down when it came to writing out their answer however, its a very good idea to add a couple open questions where I could...