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Question: Explain Outlining the selected approach for the proposed research. Answer: It is evident that there is a broader set of research techniques that can be applied to the proposed research to gain a suitable outcome. As mentioned by Miller et al. (2012), the majority of the success of research depends on the selection of research methodology. There have been cases where the authors have planned the research but failed to select and implement necessary research approach, philosophy, and design. They end up gaining unexpected outcome from the research. Before delving into the effectiveness of research approaches, it is necessary for the researchers to understand the types of research that are usually performed for a particular purpose. The basic types of research are such as descriptive vs. analytical and qualitative vs. quantitative, applied vs. fundamental and conceptual vs. empirical Research philosophy As mentioned by Anderson and Shattuck (2012), research is considered as the belief regarding the way in which information about a particular phenomenon can be collected, analyzed and utilized. There are different types of research philosophies such as post-positivism, positivism, interpretivism, and realism. While delving into positivism research philosophy, it is observed that positivists assume that reality is in the state of stability, and it can be observed as well as described from a particular viewpoint. In addition, the positivist contends that research phenomenon could be isolated as well as observation needs to be repeatable. This may frequently involve manipulation of reality with differences in a single independent variable of the topic to identify the regularities. However, there have been some debates made on the effectiveness of positivism research philosophy regarding whether or not the positivist paradigm is effective for the social science (Tavender et al. 2014). On the contrary, it is observed that interpretivists tend to contend that with the help of subjective interpretation the reality can be understood. As mentioned by Denzin (2012), the research of phenomenon in their natural environment is fundamental to interpretivism research philosophy. Justification of choosing the selected the research philosophy There have been many cases where the authors get into the trouble of choosing the appropriate research philosophy for their respective research. Thus, for the proposed research, positivism research philosophy is chosen to be executed. According to the philosophy of positivism research philosophy, the positivists do not form a conclusion from the subjective approach. In addition, positivists rely on quantitative data that positivists assume is more significant and reliable than qualitative research. In this context, Emmel (2015) added that quantitative research is more scientific than the qualitative research. Moreover, it is also observed that quantitative data could provide objective information that authors could utilize to make scientific assumptions. In addition, by implementing positivism research philosophy, the researcher could gain structural advantages. This means the positivists believe that tend to follow and implement a well-defined structure at the time of going through the studies and making discussion. As there are multiple types of laws and principles, there is little scope for errors or flaws in the research. On the contrary, interpretivism research is not adequate for the proposed research as it is difficult to identify the exact social phenomenon. As stated by Creswell (2013), anything can be claimed without any rationale of data. The scientific approaches cannot be applied in interpretivism research philosophy. Strength and weakness of positivism research philosophy Strength Generalization: The theory involved in positivism research philosophy is easy to generalize at a large degree, based on which data for the separate issues can be collected through social context. As mentioned by Mertens (2014), the researchers find it easy to generalize research outcomes after the replication on the different population as well as a subpopulation. In addition, by implementing positivism research philosophy, the researcher could gain structural advantages. This means the positivists believe that tend to follow and implement a well-defined structure at the time of going through the studies and making discussion. As there are multiple types of laws and principles, there is little scope for errors or flaws in the research. Future assumptions can be formed with the help of quantitative research approach. As put forward by, the positive philosophy is effective for acquiring data that permits quantitative prediction, which is supposed to be made. Weakness The objectivity is not suitable in social phenomenon with experiments and human behaviour Difficult to separate individuals from the hypothesis made Ineffective and inaccuracy in scientific data may alter the end results of the hypothesis Research approaches Research approach can be divided into two different categories namely deductive as well as inductive. As mentioned by Khan (2014), the significance of the hypothesis to the research is the major distinctive point between these two approaches. It is observed that deductive approaches help to experiment the weight of assumptions. On the other side, the inductive approach helps to form new theories as well as a generalization. In addition, there have been certain differences between deductive and inductive research approach. For instance, it is observed that principles of deductive approaches are formed based on science, whereas the meaning of human involvement to events is determined to be explored. Further, as stated by Emmel (2015), generality is considered as the principle of positivism, which works out the hypothesis particularly from deductive to inductive. Justification of choosing the selected the research approach For the proposed research, the deductive research approach is chosen to be executed as the set of the hypothesis has been formed for the research. As the hypothesis of the research has been formulated, there have been certain phases that should be implemented in the research. By implementing deductive research approach for the current study, the researcher could build the theory and hypothesis and after that, the observation can be made. Based on the observation, the last stage can be finalized which is confirmation or rejection of hypothesis. On the contrary, inductive approach is not chosen for the proposed research, as it does not include the formulation of hypothesis. One of the primary reasons behind not choosing the inductive research is the lack of guarantee to its conclusion. The approach does not confirm the observation for information gathering. Reference list: Anderson, T. and Shattuck, J., 2012. Design-based research a decade of progress in education research?.Educational researcher,41(1), pp.16-25. Creswell, J.W., 2013.Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sage publications. Denzin, N.K., 2012. Triangulation 2.0.Journal of Mixed Methods Research,6(2), pp.80-88. Emmel, N., 2015. Themes, variables, and the limits to calculating sample size in qualitative research: a response to Fugard and Potts.International Journal of Social Research Methodology,18(6), pp.685-686. 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