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PDP(research methods)

To ensure measurability , close-ended questions will be .10

In the last stage we are going to conduct interviews of teacher who have been helping or teaching their students to use PDP . We will take their views about the success stories we may have compiled since then . This will lead to the creation of multiple case studies12 with clear numerical comparisons which will be a part of the actual research and will individually use inferential statistics14 to prove or reject the research hypothesis

Rationale of Methodology Chosen

We have chosen multiple

methodologies13 because it is simply the most appropriate one for such a research that we are conducting . As we see our research hypothesis , it mentions about the impact of PDP on successful professionals and entrepreneurs , requiring quantitative data As for the interview with teachers on case studies , it is there to enrich the research that has been done so far . Without such interviews our opinions can make the case study more biased because we will be enriching the case studies with opinions of a few people including those mentioned in the journals 4 , 5 , 6

Sampling Strategy

We build upon the briefly described populations above limiting those to a target city or region , especially that region where statistics suggest that PDP 's are promoted and practiced the most . We will go through their list of alumni to look for those professionals and entrepreneurs who are successful

Here we stumble upon an important issue of what successful really means We can categorize successful professionals as those who have been promoted twice during the last five years Have incomes above the average income in the UK have attained a senior post in a large organization . We can describe success entrepreneurs as those whose organizations now categorize under medium sized firms within ten...

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