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DOI:10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s1-B.424
Data Collection
Method Sample Size Data Collected Data Analysis
Descriptive
Internal Data Airport operations, financial
N/A statistics, trend
Analysis performance, passenger traffic
analysis
Quota Sampling: Using this technique, a When a random sample cannot be obtained
predetermined number of airports are or when a particular category is particularly
chosen from a range of categories relevant to the research question, this
according to criteria like ownership or size. method may be helpful.
Sampling Sample
Method Example Size Advantages Disadvantages
Airports in India
Ensures
stratified by location,
Stratified representative
size, and ownership, May be complex
Random 200 sample, allows for
with a random sample to implement
Sampling comparisons
selected from each
between strata
stratum
Specific airports
selected based on Provides valuable
relevance to research insights into May not yield a
Purposive
question, such as those 50 specific issues representative
Sampling
recently privatized or in related to airport sample
the process of being privatization
privatized
Useful when
A predetermined
random sampling
number of airports May not yield a
Quota is not possible or
selected from different 100 representative
Sampling certain categories
categories based on size sample
are of particular
or ownership
interest
Standard
Variable Mean Median Mode Deviation Range
The central tendency of each variable is satisfaction variable has a range of 1 to 10,
measured by the mean, median, and mode. so the lowest possible score is 1 and the
While the range identifies the minimum and highest possible score is 10.
maximum values for each variable, the Similar to this, the median and mode for
standard deviation measures the variability customer loyalty are 8% and 6%
or distribution of the data. respectively, while the average is 7.5%.
For instance, the sample's mean level of Customer loyalty is more variable than
customer satisfaction is 8.2, with an 8 as the customer satisfaction, as shown by the
median and a 9 as the mode. The standard standard deviation of 1.80. The consumer
deviation is 1.5, indicating some variation loyalty variable's intensity ranges from 1 to
in satisfaction levels. The customer 10.
Correlation analysis:
Correlation analysis can be utilized to investigate the relationship between variables.
Correlation
Variable 1 Variable 2 Coefficient P-Value Interpretation
The study collected data on five factors to 7. Similar calculations were performed
important to Indian airport patron for the other variables.
satisfaction and calculated descriptive
statistics to summarize the data. The overall
satisfaction variable has a median of 5, Thematic analysis:
mode of 6, mean of 4.8, standard deviation Thematic analysis can be utilized to
of 1.6, and a range of 1 to 7. The airport identify and examine themes or patterns in
cleanliness satisfaction score has an qualitative data. This could include
average of 4.2, median of 4, mode of 3, information gathered via interviews or
standard deviation of 1.2, and a range of 1 focus groups.
This table shows the results of a survey regulation in ensuring service quality and
conducted to gather opinions and attitudes safety standards. The table allows for a
towards airport privatization in India. The quick comparison of the responses to each
table displays 10 questions related to airport question and shows the general trends and
privatization and the number of participants distribution of opinions among the survey
who responded with "yes," "no," or participants.
"maybe" for each question. The questions Content analysis:
cover a range of topics, including the
potential benefits and drawbacks of airport Content analysis can be used to analyze
privatization, the efficiency of private consumer feedback obtained from
companies compared to the government, evaluations on social media platforms,
the impact on employment and local online rating websites, and company-
communities, and the role of government provided feedback forms.
Advantages of Privatization 23 11 4
Disadvantages of Privatization 6 13 19
Impact on Employment 3 7 40
The responses of survey respondents to Forty respondents gave the "No" response
several privatization-related issues are when asked about the effects on
shown in the table below. The topics employment, suggesting that they think
covered include the benefits and drawbacks privatization may have a bad effect on
of privatization, how it affects employment, employment.
how it affects local communities, and how 35 respondents gave the "No" response
it affects government regulation and when asked whether privatization would
monitoring. The number of participants for have an effect on local communities,
each theme is shown in the table as "Yes", indicating that they thought it may.
"Maybe", or "No".
19 respondents said "No" when asked
23 people gave the "Yes" response when whether they supported government
asked if privatization has advantages, regulation and monitoring of the
indicating that they agree with this privatization process, suggesting that they
statement. On the other side, 19 people thought these actions were insufficient.
gave the "No" response, indicating that they
do not think privatization is advantageous.
Nineteen people gave the "No" response Regression analysis:
when asked if privatization has drawbacks, Regression analysis can be used to examine
suggesting that they think it can have the relationship between variables and
unfavorable effects. Only 6 participants, on predict future results. For instance,
the other hand, indicated they agreed that regression analysis could be used to predict
privatization could have drawbacks by customer retention based on variables such
responding "Yes". as customer satisfaction and loyalty
program participation.
The table shows a regression analysis of 2. The study may have relied on a
predictor variables, including airport size, small number of data sources that don't
location, facilities, and funding sources, necessarily reflect the performance and
and their associations with passenger effects of airport privatization.
traffic, satisfaction, and airport 3. The study may rely on participant
development in the context of airport self-reported data, which may be
privatization. The results suggest a positive inaccurate or biased.
correlation between passenger volume,
satisfaction, and airport growth/expansion 4. The study may have a small
with airport size, facilities, and government sample size that is not necessarily
funding. On the other hand, a negative representative of all airport users.
correlation exists between airport location 5. Other potential factors that might
and passenger traffic, indicating lower have an impact on the success of
passenger traffic in less accessible areas. airport privatization may not be taken
The standard error, t-value, p-value, and into account by the study because it
beta coefficient are used to determine may only take certain factors into
statistical significance and the strength and account in its analysis.
direction of the relationships.
6. The study may not have taken into
LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY: account outside variables that could
1. The study might only compare a have an impact on its findings, such as
particular set of airports and might not current political or economic
be relevant to airports in other conditions, shifts in consumer
countries or in India. behavior, or market trends.
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