Internship report. - Tasks and implemented theory

1. What is the purpose of the investigation? The purpose may be to describe, explore, understand, explain or acton something and often depends on the task involved and the issue you are addressing. 2. What science theory paradigm will I use as a starting point? Guidelines for written assignments 2017 18 3. What research strategy should I adopt? Here you distinguish between the strategies covered in the science theory and methodology subject, for example single-case study, multiple-case study, survey or action research. 4. What approach should I adopt in my investigation? Here you distinguish between inductive, deductive, abductive and mixed methods, and your choice must agree with your chosen science theory paradigm and the overriding purpose of the investigation, for example is it theory-testing or theory-creating? It also means that this is where you describe and state your arguments for how you apply your theory. Are you, for example, testing a (theoretically defined) phenomenon on the basis of theoretical concepts or 'gaps' in the theory (which you have identified by means of what is known as a literature review)? Are you working empirically and studying a phenomenon 'out there', to subsequently match your research results with relevant theory? 5. What time frame should I adopt in my investigation? Here you must distinguish between a cross-sectional study and a longitudinal study. 6. What methods should I use? Here you describe the methods used to collect the best possible data that will enable you to give a comprehensive answer to the different parts of the problem statement, for example qualitatively in the form of observations, interviews, focus groups and ethnographical studies or quantitatively in the form of questionnaires, quantitative observations, etc. 7. How do I intend to collect my data? Here you go into more depth with your considerations regarding the data collection, for example whom to interview, where, why and how? How should I design and distribute the questionnaire? What dependent and independent variables should I include? 8. How do I plan to analyse my data? Guidelines for written assignments 2017 19 Here you explain your approach to the analysis, for example coding strategies for qualitative data and the type of statistical tests you will use for quantitative data. 9. How do I ensure that my data processing is of high quality? Here you explain your thoughts about validity, reliability and general applicability of your study. For example, how do you take potential bias in the data collection into account.