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Problem formulation & approaches to Problems Terms:.
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- 1information that is based on the decision makers past experiences, expertise, assumptions, feelings or judgments without any systematic gathering of facts. Such information is usually readily available.Subjective information.
- 2information that is collected or interpreted at least once for some specific situation rather than current one. Availability of this type of information is readily high.Secondary information.
- 3information refers to the first hand information derived through a formalized research process for a specific, current problem situation.Primary information.
- 4some piece of information with very high quality information & a higher degree of accuracy & reliability.They could be observable & verifiable.They aren't complicated & are easy to understand & use.Facts.
- 5information whose degree of quality is based on the representatives of the fact sources & statistical procedures used to create them. They are more complex than facts due to statistical procedures involved in deriving them & likelihood of errorEstimates.
- 6lower quality information due to perceived risk & uncertainty of future conditions. Have greater complexity & are difficult to understand & used for decision making as they are forecasted estimates & projections into future.Predictions.
- 7information whose quality is dependent on the precision's on the researchers statement of the interrelationships between sets of variables. They have the highest degree of complexity as they involve any number of relationships paths with several variables being analysed simultaneously.Relationships.
- 8the structure that can hold or support a theory of a research study. It introduces and describes the theory that explains why the research problem under study exists.Theoretical framework.
- 9a set of procedures that describe the activities one should perform in order to establish empirically the existence or degree of existence of a concept.Operational.
- 10. It consists of symbols referred to a set of variables and their interrelationships represented in logical arrangements designed to represent, in whole or in part, some real system or process. It is a representation of reality making explicit the significant relationships among the aspects.Analytical model.
- 11research that uses data derived from actual observation or experimentation.Empirical model.
- 12are refined statements of the specific components of the problem. It refers to a statement that ascertains the phenomenon to be studied. It should be raised in an unambiguous manner and hence, would help the researcher in becoming resourceful in identifying the components of the problem.Research Questions.
- 13conjectural statements relating to two or more variables. They are deduced from theories, directly from observation, intuitively, or from a combination of these.however, they indicate the direction of the relationship or recognition of differences in groups.Hypothesis.