Term Paper

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

In Collaboration with

CENTRE OF OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING

TOURISM PROGRAMME

CTO 301: RESEARCH METHODS IN TOURISM

AUTHOR:

DR. EPHRAIM W. WAHOME

Department of History and Archaeology

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lecture I: Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Objectives

1.3 Why Research in Tourism

1.4 Research and Science

1.4.1 Principals of Science

1.4.2 Research in the Social Sciences

1.5 Deductive Logic

1.6 Inductive Logic

1.7 Summary

1.8 Activity

1.9 Reference

Lecture 2: Research Perspectives in Tourism

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Objectives

2.3 Organizational Research

2.4 Cognitive Research

2.5 Descriptive Research

2.6 Historical Research

2.7 Locational Research

2.8 Valuational Research

2.9 Basic Research

2.10 Applied Research

2.11 Gender Perspective

2.12 Quantitative

2.13 Qualitative

2.14 Summary

2.15 Activity

2.16 References

Lecture 3 Preparation of a Research Proposal

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Objectives

3.3 Planning and Framing

3.4 Research Problem

3.5 Literature Review

3.5.1 Sourcing Materials for Review

3.5.2 Theoretical Framework

3.5.2.1 Theory

3.5.2.2 Conceptual Framework

3.5.2.3 Research Hypothesis

3.6 Methodology

3.7 References and Bibliography

3.8 End Matter

3.8.1 Research Schedule

3.8.2 Chapter Outline

3.8.3 Budget

3.8.4 Appendices and Annexes

3.9 Components of a Research Proposal

3.10 The University of Nairobi Proposal Format

3.11 Summary

3.12 Activity

3.13 References

Lecture 4 Research Ethics in Tourism

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Objectives

4.3 Deception in Research

4.4 Informed Consent

4.5 Responsibility of the Researcher

4.6 Benefits to Participants and Hosts

4.7 Responsibility to the scientific Community

4.8 Summary

4.9 Activity

4.10 References

Lecture 5 Sampling Strategies

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Objectives

5.3 Defining Sampling

5.4 Operational Terms in Sampling...