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Perfusionists; The Correlation Between The Tasks Identified In The Exam And The Tasks In Practice - Primary Research Methodology and Research Findings

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2. Findings 5 2.1 Survey Results; The Sample 5 2.2 Survey Results; The Respondent Views 6 3. Conclusion 10 References 10 1. Materials and Methods  1.1 Methodological Framework In order to examine the relationship between job tasks identified by practicing perfusionists and the certification exam using primary research there needs to be a choice of methodological  framework in order to determine an appropriate methodology to gather primary data. There are three general structures that can be used in  research terms; exploratory, descriptive and explanatory (Eriksson and Wiedersheim-Paul, 1997). Where there is a problem and the purpose of the study is to increase the understanding of that problem the  exploratory approach can be very useful (Eriksson and Wiedersheim-Paul, 1997). This is an approach that looks at gathering the basic data regarding the problem and the scenario and has the  aim of developing that knowledge and proposition that can then be used for further research (Yin, 1994). The descriptive study approach looks  at the isolated empirical generalizations that have already been study and published and tries to explain these (Miles and Huberman, 1994). This can be defined as making "complicated things understandable  by reducing them to their component parts" (Miles and Huberman, 1994). This is most suitable where the research is not to look  at the research between the causes and the symptoms, but wants to understand, predict or decide (Eriksson and Wiedersheim-Paul, 1997). Explanatory research  takes complex issues and then tries to make them more understandable by examining the connections between the different parts by examining cause and relationship (Miles and Huberman, 1994).