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In an essay of a minimum of 500 words, select a research method for the capstone thesis. Defend your selection decision. Please keep in mind that there are only three possible choices: qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods. Submit in the form of an essay in APA style including a title page and three references related to your proposed topic. Ensure that the references are from peer-reviewed journals, government sources, other appropriate academically acceptable sources, or some combination thereof.
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Running head: RESEARCH METHODS JUSTIFICATION
Research Methods Justification
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RESEARCH METHODS JUSTIFICATION
Research Methods Justification
The research will deploy the use of mixed methods in obtaining results for the study.
These include both the quantitative and qualitative methods. As stated earlier, the thesis seeks to
expound on the common security options that should be embraced by the landscape architects.
Besides, the thesis aims at providing information on the anticipated results in the case of a
terrorist attack and the potential remedies that may aid in minimizing the vulnerability of the site.
The principal aim of using the mixed methods is to assist the researcher in carrying out a cross
evaluation of the results that will be obtained from the study. When both the quantitative and the
qualitative research techniques arrive at the same validation, then the research is deemed to be
effective (Turner, Cardinal and Burton, 2017).Moreover, the deployment of mixed research
methodology will aid in curbing the personal biases while giving more evidence and support for
the obtained results.
The quantitative research method will be used since it will entail a collection of data from
a large group of people. For this reason, the researcher will obtain sufficient information on the
security vulnerability and the measures that should be put in place to enhance the security sites.
Since quantitative method mainly emphasizes on the patterns and trends, then it is easy to
identify the common trend regarding a particular phenomenon (Tunarosa and Glynn,
2017).Besides, the results of the quantitative study are used in examining the...