THE ROLE OF THE ENTREPRENEUR IN MITIGATING - UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Task 1:
Research Questions and Hypotheses
Restate the research questions from chapter one and provide approximately two paragraphs explaining how the research questions address the problem statement. Restate the hypotheses, if any, from chapter one and explain how the hypothesis test may help answer the research questions.
1.5 pages
(Research Questions from Chapter One) ( No Hypothesis)
Research Questions
A research question guides and centers a research work. It had been clear and focused, as well as synthesize multiple sources to present the sole argument. The research question should be ideally and something that the writer is interested in or for. The research questions that guided this study were:
Research Question 1: To what extent the Sub-Saharan African countries governments developed the potential of their citizenry in entrepreneurship?
Research Question 2: To what extent has entrepreneurs contributed to the reduction of the poverty incidence in developing countries?
Research Question 3: To what extent enterprise has contributed to the decline of the high rate of poverty in sub-Saharan African countries.
Task 2:
Instrumentation
Clearly describe the instrument, its creation or adoption, and its ability to obtain the needed data from participants. Often this segment includes the source of the instrument(s) and a sensible description about their composition and use. It is recommended to use established instruments adopted from other studies. If you wish to create your own instrument, then it must be approved by the Chair and a quality reviewer. Further, you may wish to demonstrate the instrument as able to collect the needed data in a format suited for your study. You may also wish to explain how the instrument allows you to determine whether you have collected enough data via
(a) Exhaustion of resources;
(b) recurrence of themes no matter how much data you collect-e.g. saturation; or
(c) going too far beyond the boundaries of the study-e.g. overextension.
Place the instrument(s) into an appendix.
2 pages
Task 3:
Population and Sample
Describe the population and sampling strategy. The sampling strategy should provide a tractable sample while offering the chance to collect enough data. (Use a statistical power calculator, if needed!) The sample should accurately reflect the population as to allow valid inferences. You may wish to consider the following while planning your sampling strategy:
- Is it compatible with my chosen method?
- Can I use a strategy from the textbook?
- Did I use random sampling? Why?
- Did I use stratified sampling? Why? Also, did I ensure my strata sizes were of the correct proportions?
- Did I exclude anyone by accident?
- Can my strategy collect enough participants?
- If your study focuses upon the use of documents rather than participants, then review the following:
- Content analysis beginning on page 257 in Fundamentals of Social Work Research.
- Chapter 9 in Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, Fourth Edition as to clearly illustrate the potential sources of documentation and the strategy responsible for systematically including documents into the study. Be precise and clear! Specific names and organizational identities should not appear during this task. Try to keep your discussion as neutral as possible while providing enough information allowing future researchers to replicate your strategy. (The whole book can be googled)
1 page
Task 4:
Geographical or Virtual Location
Explain the geographic and/or virtual location of the population and sample. You may have to mention whether the participants were/are influenced from outside the stated location. Be brief, exact, and concise. Make sure you have permission prior to mentioning names of institutions or businesses. You may wish to include such permissions as an appendix. Optional
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Task 5:
Pilot Testing
Sometimes a study requires a pilot test. If you need to conduct a pilot test, be sure to discuss it with your chair prior to conducting the pilot test! You should try to explain the goals and procedures of the pilot test along with the reasons for using a pilot test. If you need some inspiration, then consider the following reasons for a pilot test:
- To remove or correct errors and ambiguities within a survey instrument.
- To remove culturally sensitive language from an instrument.
- To ensure the instrument provides access to the desired data.
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