Qualitative studies are beneficial to providing a more in-depth insight into the experience and lifestyle of individuals. The aim of this study was to understand if parents’ behaviors impact the health behaviors of young adults. The responses identified the significance of parents’ health behaviors and attitudes of health behaviors among young adults which persisted into young adulthood. When comparing this topic to other literature, the same responses were consistent or similar to the responses…
particular, and explains the Black woman’s response. Sociology needs to shift to a more qualitative approach to validating knowledge in order to represent all standpoints. The only way to break down the matrix of domination is to dismember the current Eurocentric…
caregivers (30 total participants), followed by parents (27 participants), directors/owners (19 participants), policy makers and social service professions were the smallest portion with only 8 participants each. While this is a large sample size for a qualitative study it is important to consider the generalizability of the results. One of the limitations of this study was that the sample size was limited to the Midwestern area of the U.S. and consisted primarily of Euro American women in all…
various studies and the importance of being obese/overweight amongst adolescences in Ontario. This report will introduce the topics of theoretical underpinnings (interpretivism, positivism, and critical realism), research objectives, employed methodologies (quantitative and qualitative) and strength/limitations throughout studies. Interpretivism acquires to understand the meaning/conditions and does not focus to measure the prevalence of a condition, while positivism focuses on the truth that is…
of determinism can vary like soft determinism is often used to describe that people do have a choice, but their behavior is always subject to some form of pressure.Determinism itself has ten dogmas that are laid down as incontrovertible truth. The research that I’ve done on this is quite interesting. Amazing philosophers such as Pythagoras, Plato, Euclid, Archimedes, and Galileo have given these to us with plausible explanations. Pythagoras who is lived in five-hundred B.C. Plato founder of the…
The study design is a combination of prior studies styles similar to Brecht, et.al. (2008) and Chiu and Lee (2009), this along of other methods to reinforce our data. The study shall be a quasi-experiment to be done with a mix-method approach using a combination of surveys, in-depth interviews with the professor, semi-formal interviews with the students, observatory participation in each class, content analysis and archival records. Sampling Each semester GMU offers two courses in…
The central purpose of this qualitative phenomenological case study will be to analyze the influence of power and trust on the principle-agent relationship between the taxpayer and IRS, with regards to taxpayers ' different perceptions of a prefilled tax return system. The proposed study will explore the various perspectives of a range of U.S. taxpayers towards the adoption of a prefilled tax return system for individual taxes. The prefilled tax return system is becoming a global phenomenon,…
used effectively and efficiently to make operational, tactical, and strategic program decisions. The nature of the performance measure determines the data collection method. Some programs require quantitative data collection. Some will require qualitative data. The school more often uses a combination of both. The school ensures the collection of accurate, reliable and timely data; the school first developed a data collection strategy. Furthermore, a failure to develop a data collection…
Research Methods and Research Methodology are different from each other. Methodology refers to the model of research (qualitative or quantitative) conducted for a particular project where as a method is a set of specific tasks, tools and techniques used for collecting and analysing data (Wahyuni, 2012). 4.1 Research Methodology: The methodology used for the study of this project qualitative approach. Qualitative research is an approach to study natural social life and the data is not analysed…
gathered, (SOURCE). To collect data, the researcher used a qualitative approach. This method seeks to obtain a response to the question being researched upon, (Aveyard, 2014). It has been noted that qualitative studies provide researchers with the perceptions and experiences of both nursing staff and dual diagnosis service users in minimising violent and aggressive behaviour, (Polit and Beck, 2014). Therefore, the aim and objective of the research are achieved…