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Level 6 Diploma in Business Management

Data Collection and Proposal Formulation

BM602 · Business Research Project — Week 5 of 16

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Week5 of 16
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This week’s topics

Data Collection and Proposal Formulation

  1. Primary vs secondary collection tools
  2. Sampling frameworks
  3. Research ethics and consent
  4. Assembling the formal research proposal
  5. Research Proposal
  6. Research ethics and consent: consent forms
  7. Data Collection Techniques

What you will be able to do

  • 2.3 Evaluate data collection methods and provide a rationale for chosen data collection methods.
  • 2.4 Produce a research proposal.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate data collection methods and provide a rationale for chosen data collection methods.

Study materials

Videos

  • Research Proposal · YouTube · Galton College · 27 min · for registered students
  • Research ethics and consent: consent forms · YouTube · Mark Saunders on Research Methods · 13 min · for registered students
  • Data Collection Techniques · YouTube · Galton College · 35 min · for registered students
  • Primary And Secondary Research Sources | What Is Primary And Secondary Data? · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 10 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • ESRC research ethics guidance (UKRI) · Reading · Other, guidance · for registered students
  • MRS Code of Conduct 2023 (Market Research Society) · PDF · Other, guidance; 23 pages · for registered students
  • Introductory Business Statistics 2e, ch. 1: Sampling and Data · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 17–56 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Project Selection and Scoping
  • Week 2: Research Questions and Project Planning
  • Week 3: Literature Review and Theoretical Frameworks
  • Week 4: Research Methodologies and Design
  • Week 5: Data Collection and Proposal Formulation
  • Week 6: Research Execution and Fieldwork
  • Week 7: Data Organization and Presentation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Data Analysis and Synthesis
  • Week 10: Research Evaluation and Recommendations
  • Week 11: Research Dissemination and Presentation
  • Week 12: Applying Business Research Project in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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