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This 47 page paper presents primary research for a study in the way IT a Management Information Systems (MIS) are used in a school. The starts by looking at the approach and how the research will be tacked, using more than one source primary research. The paper explain which methods of data collection were used and why; looking at the use of questionnaires and interviews and how sampling will take place. The results of the research supplied by the student are then presented with a discussion and conclusion. The bibliography cites 14 sources.
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47 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEictresh.rtf
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1; Sampling Techniques 27 Table 2; Attitude Scores 33 1. Introduction Information technology is an unavoidable part of life today. The use management Information system has a great deal
of potential to help a school increase the level of delivery acting as a support tool and facilitator. However, in many cases the potential is not realised. In order to
assess the way that an MIS system is used in XXX school primary research is a very useful tool, with the use of questionnaires and an interview for a qualitative
case that can supplement and add value to any findings from the qualitative surveys. 2. The Approach There are two approaches we can
take; qualitative and quantitative. Quantitative research relies more on a large amount of results, with the data being recorded often being predominately numerical, it is suitable to be used as
a method of determining cause and effect relationships. The methodologies for this approach will often be based on scientific procedures of investigation.
Quantitative research includes descriptive, correlational, quasi-experimental and experimental (Curwin and Slater, 2001). Qualitative research is narrower and more concentrated by looking to
information to be gained in-depth from a smaller quantity of subjects. Often this research will be word based with methods such as recorded in-depth interviews and other data which
is not so easily classified. Qualitative research is best suited to phenomenological research Grounded theory, ethnographic and historical research. For this research
we want to gather data which we can compare and describe the needs and as such quantitative data is the better approach. However, when we undertaken any research design we
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