Methodology Research Methodology

METHODOLOGY

Methodology is establishing a perspective for viewing the empirical world, raising research problems within that perspective, deciding an appropriate data and the methods for findings of research (Baugh, 1990). The word methodology and methods are two different meaning. Methodology is the study of methods and the underpinning philosophical assumption of the research process itself (Dominick & Wimmer, 2006).

A method is a specific technique for gathering information following the assumptions of the chosen methodology. Researchers who choose the positivist paradigm will use such methods as a surveys and experiments while those who choose the interpretive paradigm will rely on methods such as focus groups, ethnography and observation

In this approach, three variables are examined to investigate research questions or test research hyphothesis.

Survey research is a primary form of measurement in quantitative communication research and the concern is to maximize the trustworthiness of claims made using this method (Baxter, 2003). It is a specific way of a research to gather data and information in a big population (Kayar, 2007). Regarding to that, the researcher uses Survey research as a research method for this study.

Therefore, the information and data of foreign workers will be gather through close-ended questionnaire. Because this research are surveys about the current situation of food safety knowledge, attitude, and practices among foreigner in food outlet. Questionnaire is an instrument that are frequently used in quantitative research of food safety studies.

The usage of questionnaire make it easy for researcher to get cooperation from the respondent (Kayar, 2007). Questionnaire can be very profitably to used because it gives researcher more flexibility in the design of items (Baxter, 2003). Researcher uses this type of instrument because it is easy to develop. While the data is easy to gather and to

Pilot test is actually a mini-study with a small sample to determine whether the study approach is correct and to help refine the questions. The pilot test gives the researcher an opportunity to identify questionnaire items that tend to be misunderstood by the participants, do not obtain the information that is needed and so on (Connaway & Powell, 2010)

Since the questionnaire is self-administered, the researcher chooses to conduct the pilot test with the type of respondent which is student from Departmentment of Hotel and Tourism Management. The pilot test will be done with a small sample of 30 respondents. But, if there is any problem, it should be apparent immediately.

After they completed their pilot test, they will be asked whether they understood the questions or not and if the questions were simple to answer and so on. A brief discussion about the research is appropriate to be done with the respondents as they are almost always willing to help researches.

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