Quantitative Methodology

Quantitative ResearchNameCourseTutor’s NameDateResearch methodology is the general strategy that describes the way the research will be undertaken. Methodology is underpinned by the system of believe and philosophical assumptions that inform the researcher worldview. The researcher’s worldview informs on the approaches, methods, strategies and time horizons that willguide the techniques and procedures of data collection and analysis CITATION Sau12 \l 7177 (Saunders, Lewis, & Thornhill, 2012).The research philosophy of the current research is positivism; the epistemological position of positivism is dominant in quantitative research approaches CITATION Sau12 \l 7177 (Saunders, Lewis, & Thornhill, 2012). Positivism as a research philosophyfollows the view that factual knowledge can only be gained through observation and measurement.The role of the researcher is limited to collection of data collection and objective analysis and interpretation of data. It follows therefore; positivism relies on statistical analysis of observable and quantifiable data.Positivism is informed by the ontological worldview “of the world as comprising discrete, observable elements and events that interact in an observable, determined and regular manner”CITATION Col18 \p 38 \l 7177 (Collins, 2018, p. 38) Positivist research philosophy will be