FALL 2019

RESEARCH METHODS (STA630)

ASSIGNMENT

Due Date: 23/01/2020

Total Marks: 10

Learning Objective:
To familiarize students with the classification of sampling techniques in research and the practical
ways to using those techniques.

Learning Outcomes:
After attempting this assignment students will be able:

 To classify and identify the sampling technique(s) used in a certain scenario.

Scenario:
Suppose Mr. Ali works as a researcher in R&D department of an organization. Being a researcher,
he wants to conduct two research studies for the organizational development.

First; he wants to study the impact of job satisfaction on employee’s turnover working in that
organization. For this purpose, he needs to develop an accurate sampling frame of each group (based
on provincial city) and then needs to choose respondents accordingly.

Secondly; he wants to study the impact of organizational culture on Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) systems. Population of this study is employee’s working on ERP systems in Karachi based
offices of the organization. For this purpose, he decided to contact with the respondents by using
chain referrals.

Required:

You are required to identify the type of sampling and sampling technique in each case and justify
your choice with at least two arguments. (1 argument for type of sampling and 1 argument of
sampling technique).

[2 marks for type of sampling, 2 marks for sampling technique, 1 mark for two justifications]
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:
DEADLINE:
 Make sure to upload the solution file before the due date on VULMS
 Any submission made via email after the due date will not be accepted.

FORMATTING GUIDELINES:
 Use the font style “Times New Roman” and font size “12”, double spaced.
 It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word format.
 You may also compose your assignment in Open Office format.
 Use black and blue font colors only.

RULES FOR MARKING:

Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0), if:
 It is submitted after the due date.
 The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt.
 It is in any format other than MS-Word or Open Office; e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, PDF etc.
 It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc.

Note related to load shedding: Please be proactive

Dear Students,
As you know that semester activities have been started and load shedding problem is also prevailing
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early as possible without waiting for the due date.