ASSIGNMENT 2

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HMEF 5093
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
SEPTEMBER SEMESTER 2019

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION

1. Answer in English or Bahasa Malaysia.

2. Number of words : 2500 – 3000 words excluding references.

3. Submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file.

4. Submit your assignment ONLINE.

5. Submission date : 9 December 2019 until 16 December 2019

6. This assignment accounts for 50% of the total marks for the course.

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

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ASSIGNMENT 2 (Individual Work)

OBJECTIVE

This assignment allows you to demonstrate your ability in planning and devising an
appropriate quantitative research methodology for a survey research study.

The assignment comprises TWO related tasks, the details of which are explained below:

Task 1

You are motivated to investigate the reading attitudes of the students in your institution. You
have found a questionnaire which you can adopt or adapt, depending on the focus of your
research study.

Based on the questionnaire, plan and design an appropriate quantitative research study. You
should use the questionnaire in its original form without changing or leaving out any items.
However, you may include additional information such as demographic factors and/or any
other appropriate constructs to be investigated with reading attitudes. In such a case, you
should include additional information in your questionnaire form. If you have included other
constructs in the investigation, you should provide the relevant instruments. All instruments
to be used should be attached as appendices.

Provide an appropriate research title for your research study and a list of research questions
and/or hypotheses.

Before planning and designing your research study, you should read and understand fully
the following topics in your module:

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Topic 3 Constructs Variables and Data Types,
Topic 6 Survey research methodology, and
Topic 7 Instrumentation

The example of the questionnaire is available in your HMEF5093 Quantitative Research

Methodology Module, Topic 3 Constructs, Variables and Data Types, Activity 3.1, p.37 - 38.
(6 marks)

Task 2

In this task, you are required to describe and explain the methodology of your research
study using the questionnaire and instruments you have designed in Task 1, focusing on the
following sections:

(1) Research design

(2) Population and sample
(3) Instrumentation
(4) Data collection procedures
(5) Framework of data analysis

You can refer to the HMEF5093 Quantitative Research Methodology module, Topic 10:
Writing the research report, as a guide to write the different sections.

(44 marks)

Assessment Guidelines

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Your response to the tasks will be graded based on the scoring scheme attached. For
maximum credit, be sure that your response addresses each of the scoring criteria
components.

Allocation of marks:

Task 1 (6 marks)

(1) Research title (2 marks)

(2) List of research questions and/or hypotheses (4 marks)

Task 2 (44 marks)

(1) Research design (8 marks)

(2) Population and sample (8 marks)
(3) Instrumentation (12 marks)
(4) Data collection procedures (8 marks)
(5) Framework of data analysis (8 marks)

[TOTAL: 50 MARKS]

Submission Guidelines

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 Your assignment should be typed on A4 paper using 12 pt Times New Roman and 1.5
spacing.
 You are to submit a softcopy of your assignment on-line through myInspire.
 The document submitted should have the following:
(1) Research title
(2) List of research questions and/or hypotheses
(3) Methodology
 Research design
 Population and sample
 Instrumentation
 Data collection procedures
 Framework of data analysis
(4) Appendices
 The assignment should be an original piece of work. Plagiarised assignment will be
rejected.

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 ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC
HMEF 5093 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY / SEPTEMBER 2019
ASSIGNMENT 2 (50%)
Award a maximum of 6 marks for Task 1 using the following rubric.

Unsatisfactory
Excellent Good Fair Low
or no response Max
Criteria Weightage 0 Marks
4 3 2 1
Research Title. 0.5 The title clearly reflects The title fairly clearly The title partially reflects The title hardly reflects No response. 2
the focus of the study, reflects the focus of the the focus of the study, the focus of the study,
revealing adequate study, revealing fairly revealing some information revealing little
information about the adequate information about the variables, subjects information about the
variables, subjects & about the variables, & research setting. variables, subjects &
research setting. subjects & research research setting.
setting.
Research 1.0 Research Irrelevant 4
Research Research Research
Questions questions/hypotheses response.
questions/hypotheses questions/hypotheses questions/hypotheses are
and/or are hardly focused,
are highly focused and are focused, providing fairly focused, providing
hypotheses. providing only vague
providing very clear clear direction for fairly clear, direction for
direction for measuring
direction for measuring measuring relationships measuring relationships
relationships between
relationships between between variables. between variables.
variables.
variables.

Total 1.5 6

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 Award a maximum of 44 marks for Task 2
Excellent
Criteria Weightage
4 3
2 The research design is
Research Design
very appropriate.
The explanation is very
clear with adequate
relevant justification.
Population & 2 The description of the
Sample target population and
the sample very clear.
The sampling technique
proposed is very
appropriate.
Instrumentation 3 The instrument(s) to be
used is very
appropriately
adapted/designed.
Validity and reliability
issues are very well
addressed
The description is very
clear with lots of details.
2 Very clear description
Data Collection
data collection
Procedures.
procedures.
Threats to validity and
Good
The research design is
appropriate.
The explanation is clear
with quite adequate
relevant justification.
The description of the
target population and
the sample is clear.
The sampling technique
proposed is appropriate.
The instrument(s) to be
used is appropriately
adapted/ designed.
Validity and reliability
issues are well
addressed.
The description is clear
with most of the details.
Clear description of data
collection procedures.
Threats to validity and
reliability are well-
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Fair
2 1
The research design is
fairly appropriate.
The explanation is fairly
clear with some relevant
justification.
The description of the
target population and
the sample is fairly clear.
The sampling technique
proposed is fairly
appropriate.
The instrument(s) to be
used are fairly
appropriately adapted/
designed.
Validity and reliability
issues are fairly well
addressed.
The description is fairly
clear with some details.
Fairly clear description of
data collection
procedures.
Threats to validity and
Unsatisfactory
Low
or No response Max
0 Marks
The research design is Response is not 8
hardly appropriate. relevant.
The explanation is rather
vague with minimal or
no relevant justification.
The description of the No description 8
target population and of population
the sample is rather and sample.
vague.
The sampling technique
proposed is hardly
appropriate.
The instrument(s) to be Response not 12
used is somewhat relevant.
inappropriately
adapted/designed.
Validity and reliability
issues are rather poorly
or hardly addressed.
The description is rather
vague with hardly any
details.
Vague description of No description 8
data collection of data
procedures. collection
procedures.
Threats to validity and
 reliability are very well- addressed. reliability are fairly well- reliability are poorly or
addressed. addressed. hardly addressed.

2 Very Appropriate Appropriate methods of Fairly appropriate Rather inappropriate Framework not 8
Framework of
methods of analysis are analysis are suggested. methods of analysis are methods of analysis are available.
data analysis.
suggested. suggested. suggested.
Clear and adequate
Very clear and adequate description of the Fairly clear and adequate Vague and inadequate
description of the method of analysis. description of the description of the
method of analysis. method of analysis. method of analysis.
Total 11 44

[TOTAL: 50 MARKS]