TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAMS

Effectiveness of transitional living programs



Effectiveness of transitional living programs

Research Design/Methodology

This chapter gives us an overview of the methodology, which describes how the research will be carried out. “Methodology” refers to how a research should be undertaken. In order to conduct a successful research, it is essential to collect relevant data from various sources and analyze it. The study sets out to expand upon previously completed work on the topic of “The effectiveness of transitional living programs at preparing youth aging out of the Illinois foster care system for independence” with a focus on transitional living programs and their effectiveness (Creswell, 2003).

Considering the nature of my research, I intend to use quantitative research methods. Various research techniques will be utilized to construct an index to evaluate present executive leadership practice, considering that this exercise is highly subjective and require input from various perspectives. This study further defines and discusses the following: the research design, the research approach, the research methods, the sample design and data collection and analysis of the research. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the author's ability to conduct and utilise research methods to carry out his proposed research in effectiveness of transitional living program. There are a number of different types of method available for the collecting research data, for example: 

Interviews 

questionnaire 

Surveys 

observations 

case studies

Design

There are various research methods that can be used by the researchers during the research process. These research methods can broadly be categorized as qualitative research approaches. The first step of any research is to identify a subject area of research and design a clear objective within it to do further study on that particular research. Secondly, after getting secondary data from different sources on a similar subject has to be critically reviewed. To carry out proper research an ideal person has to be defined, out of which, a sample has to be dispatched for survey by different sources. However, to make the research more authentic, quantitative research has to be carried out in the former of descriptive questionnaire. Lastly, before completing the report, the quantitative data thus collected has to be analysed properly and then drive final conclusion (Crotty, 2006). 

Qualitative Research Van Maanen (1983) define qualitative methods of research as ' an array of interpretive techniques, which seek to describe, decode, translate and otherwise come to terms with the meaning, not the frequency, of certain more or less naturally according phenomena in the society world. 

Quantitative Research Virtually all research will involve some numerical data or contain data that could usefully be quantified to help us answer your research questions and to meet the objective. Quantitative data refers to all such data and can be a product of all research strategies. This method is the easy way to collect information from large numbers of sample. In my research I will use quantitative method to collect and analysis information through questionnaires.

Critical Appraisal tool

The secondary research does not provide statistical information about the subject and is purely based on qualitative analysis. It triggers generalized results not representing the actual picture of the research. For this reason we cannot rely much on qualitative research. Qualitative research is an exploration of what is assumed to be a dynamic reality.

Search rationale

Studies were primarily grouped as asserted by the next categories: methodical reconsiders, reconsiders of other publications, and one-by-one evaluation investigations with a assembly ...