What makes a good reliable and repeatable research methodolo

What makes a good, reliable, and repeatable research methodology?

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A good reliable and repeatable research methodology is the procedure used to gather data and information with the end goal of settling on business choices.

Developing a repeatable and reilable methodology to determine return on investment.

For eg The high cost of modern weapon systems,fuel,personnel, and increasing environmental awareness is focussing U.S. forces to reley on simulation for training. Further,the need to train in a robust and theater specific

environment is critical to ensure operational readiness immediately upon reaching the combat theater. Finally, the rapidly changing nature of the conflicts,crises or contingencies in which U.S forces are involved requires a new approach to training.

The purpose of this ressearch is to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of a methodology that can provide a reliable, consistent method for determining ROI in various forms, focusing on the staffs of operational level commanders(those staff who form joint Task force staffs or service component commander staffs) so that the most appropriate format can be utilized in determining war fighting improvement or training vs.exeercise cost. The major components of ROI formulation are costs and performance assessment which can be applied in various combinations to quantify the performance benifits achieved for the expenditure of resources that are linked to specifically assessed performance parameters. The performance and cost parameters should apply to any operational or training environment, but the ability to evaluate the potential advantages of training in a completely synthetic environment as apposed to either a live or mixture of live, virtual and constructive environments is of special interest. The cost components required to determine ROI must provide a reliable methodology to identify the costs of live and synthetic training regardless of the service or Head quarters staff involved. A second necessary factor is the means to assess the performance of a component Commander or Joint Taskforce staff performance during a training exercise.

A development of feasible methodologies, permiting evaluation of ROI in various formats will provide a quantifible means to assist in decisions regarding deployement readiness or support any service or the Department of Defence during budgetary discussions. The ability to quantify ROI in the most appropriate or most applicable format can lead to better allocation or resources and to the ability to employ the most prepared or appropriately trained staff in a given crisis scenario.