Week 11 – Formative Proposal for Research Methodology Assignment

Background information:
In week 15 you will submit a summative Research methodology report. (1200 words)
 This should be in the style of a literature review (part A) and an evaluation of the methodology (part B)
 You must give an overview of the current research in the area you have chosen in part A (700 words)
 You must assess and evaluate a methodology of your choice in part B (500 words)
 For more information, read the full brief here.

Your Formative Task:

You must complete the table below and submit to your tutor via Teams assignment on Sunday of week 11.
This is to prepare you for the final submission in week 15, of the full report (1200 words)
 TIPS:
o There is a list of suggested works on the VLE here. (In the ASSESSMENTS section). Use these to help you, but you can choose
different examples if you find more specific or suitable examples.
Part A
Your task is to give a brief overview of the topic area and look at the research methods used to study this area.

You must include at least four studies, identifying the purpose, findings, key research methodology used in each study.

Note an answer in each column and use this as your planning document for your final assessment.

Part A
Topic (Please choose ONE and delete others):
 Gender Inequality
 Miscommunication in Cross-Cultural Discussions
 Social Rules

Provide a brief overview of the research, and a Harvard reference, to the NTIC standard) for each piece of research.
Research Summary Research Methodology Limitations (If relevant)
Instruction Include the full Harvard APA - What is the purpose or - State the type of - What did the authors
reference for the source in this aim of the research? methodology/ies miss?
column. - In 3-5 bullets points, - Is the research primary - What questions were
note the key findings of or secondary not answered?
the study - Qualitative/Quantitative - Is there a more effective
- way to gather the
information?
1: Explaining the The main purpose of The method of research I feel the way they went
persistence of gender this research is to prove being conducted in this about the research by
inequality: The work how women are being article is conducting experiment
family narrative. objectified in the work A Qualitative research was the best way to
Irene padvic, Robin j. area and other places method have conducted the
 Ely, Erin M. Reid outside the home research
vol.65,No.1(March  24\7 work culture
2020), pp.61-111.  Hegemonic
relative
 Social defences
 Work conflict
 Psychodynamic
theory
2: Gender inequality and The main aim of this The method of research I feel like there were
economical research is gender being conducted in this more effective ways to
development: fertility, inequality in the labour article is go about this research
education and norms. market outcomes in all Quantitative research by conducting surveys
Henrik Kleven, Camille developed counties instead of calculating
Landais Economica,  Work conflict and trying to find the
vol.84, No.334 (April  Objectification rate.
2017)
3: Children and Gender The main aim of this The method of research This was the best way
inequality : Evidence journal article is to being conducted in this for them to have gone
from Denmark. show the standard journal is Quantitative about this research
Henrik Kleven, Camille decomposition and research because it is about
Landais, Jakob Egholt analysis would show women penalties and
Sogaard: American female penalties how much women earn
Economic journal:  Opportunity in the labour market
Applied Economics. legislature
Vol.11,No 4 (October  Child care politics
2019)  Job protection on
women penalties
4: Inequality Regimes The main aim of this The method used in this This was the best way
Gender, Class, and journal article is to research is Qualitative to have done this
Organizations. show the standard research research by conducting
Joan Acker, Gender and decomposition between series of experiments
Society, Vol. 20, No.4 race and gender
 (Aug,2006) inequality in women in
the aspect of labour
 Gender
 Inequality
 Employment
relation
 Labour markets
 Law firms

Part B
Focusing on one of the key research methodologies, you must now evaluate the research methodology, comparing it with other methodologies. In this
section, you must use at least three sources.

Specifically, you must evaluate the following:

• Validity
• Practicality
• Insight
• Bias
• Whether or not the question of Ethics has been considered

Part B
Methodology (Please choose ONE method/methodology for analysis and delete others):
Experiment, Questionnaire, ethnography, Longitudinal study, structured or unstructured interviews, online survey, document review, textual
analysis, primary research, secondary research, other
Definition Strengths Weaknesses

Validity Validity is the degree to which It was valid in the sense of But I feel they didn’t ask enough
an instrument, such as a survey asking important question question during the survey.
 question, measures what it is during the survey
intended to measure
Practicality Practical research refers The research was practical in
to research that is conducted by the sense that it was conducted
practitioners in order to address by people that actually want to
real-world problems and inform solve the problem which is
decision-making. Gender inequality
Insight Insights is about something that
matters; they should clearly
relate to the research
objectives. Easy to understand:
Insights should be clear, direct,
and memorable.
Bias When a research is bias it shows The research was not biased
that whoever was conducting because the lady who wrote the
the research was doing it for article did not do it for herself
their own motive and not for the only but for the good of women
people. around the world
Ethics Ethics means when someone is
doing something sole fully for
the purpose of others and not
Thiers elves
Ethics Write whether ethics is a consideration for the method/methodology you have chosen:
Ethics is definitely a consideration for the methodology I chose because I need to know that the
people conducting this research are doing it for the Good of the women and not just for their selves or
not for self endorsement