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Research Methodology Of The Insurance Industry

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Table of Contents RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2 1.1 Introduction 2 1.2 Qualitative Research Methods 2 1.3 Methods of Data Collection 3 1.3.1 In-depth Interviews 3 1.4 Sampling Techniques 4 1.4.1 Officials of the Insurance Industry 4 1.4.2 Commercial Property Owners 4 1.4.3 Convenient Sampling Technique 5 1.4.4 Random Sampling 6 1.5 Getting Access to Study Respondents 6 1.5.1 Preparing for Interview and the Processes 7 1.5.2 Officials of the Insurance Industry 7 1.5.3 Commercial Property Owners 7 1.6 Time Horizon 8 1.7 Data Analysis 9 1.8 Research Ethical Consideration 9 1.9 Limitations of Methodology 10 1.10 Conclusion 11 References 12 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 1.1 Introduction Research methodology involves the design which a researcher ought to use to study a topic of interest. It therefore involves the procedure by which researchers undertake their work and the framework within which is it conducted (Rajasekar et al., 2013; Remenyi et al., 1998). Research methodology aids research planning. If properly design it will enable a researcher to arrive at results or findings and tools that can either be used to disprove or approve such knowledge. (Nachamias et al., 1996; Saunders et al., 2003). This chapter outlines data collection procedure as well as how data is analysed for this study. These involve choice of the sampling frame, sampling techniques, how interviews were designed and conducted as well as questionnaire administration, time horizon, transcription of interviews and

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