... add value for learners to the whole experience. Research Methodologies engage in methods of investigation and sampling techniques, researchers mainly use two types of research to obtain their information, firstly Primary data; this is where information is collected independently, Primary sources refer to specific materials which are written or composed by people who actually witnessed the events that they have describe, this can be phrased as representing knowledge by 'acquaintance' (Bertrand Russell's 1912 cited in May, 1997). Primary data is first hand information and there a many different approaches; these include participant observation, experiments, content analysis, and questionnaires. However secondary data is illustrated as data that already exists, secondary research uses existing sources of information, which may be internal or external to the organisation. Examples of these are; other peoples research, the media; the Internet, television documentaries, statistics and books and so fore. Although in some circumstances secondary research is ...

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