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Introduction This essay discusses and justifies the choice of research methodology for addressing the research question developed to investigate a particular research problem of the professional football players in Saudi Arabia are not ambitious to warming up exercises. In this regards a qualitative case study (CS) methodology is chosen as the appropriate choice for addressing the research question. The discussion on methodology is based on the key characteristics of qualitative CS methodology…

Dissertation Review for Female Senior Student Affairs Officers and Pathways to Success Purpose and General Rationale In the dissertation defended by Yettieve Marquez, “Female senior student affairs officers at four-year public institutions: Pathways to advancement,” Marquez discusses gender and leadership disparities in senior student affairs officers (SSAO). The author discovers that females are earning every degree type at a higher rate than their male counterparts, but more women are in entry…

engagement and participation by involving stakeholders from the community in developing and evaluating the intervention. Qualitative methods, such as focus group discussions and key informant interviews, generate opportunities for stakeholders to provide intervention planners with critical information (Gittelsohn, 2016; Ialongo & Rebok, 2016). Focus group discussions and key informant…

friendly (EF) products, we have conducted a focus group. This study was done to provide us with this valuable, qualitative information, as it addressed key insights and recommendations on this topic. We believe to better understand the respondent’s purchasing behavior we needed to have a diverse set of respondents. This broad audience was chosen to help better address the population for our final report. We believe the greatest contribution from this focus group was the key insights we received…

This week’s session centred on the characteristics focus group discussions, when it is used and the skills needed by the interviewer during informal discussions. Khan & Manderson (1992) described focus group discussions as a qualitative method in which the facilitator or moderator uses a pre-tested line of questioning to stimulate discussion among the participants on the subject of inquiry. The aim is to understand perceptions and beliefs of a selected population to gain understanding of a…

conducted various tests to come to an understanding of what causes the stressors and what coping strategies the women used to handle them. Study one; “Black women and how they cope with stress”, is a qualitative study done by researchers that used many focus groups to collect data from black women. This study evaluated what exactly it is about their workplace that causes stress and what are the many ways that each of the women did to cope with it. The data that was used was collected from three…

The authors used focus groups which allowed the African-American students to share their racial climate experiences on their college campuses using a critical race theory (CRT). A grounded theory approach was used to investigate the concepts of racial microaggressions and the college racial climate. Transcripts, research memos, and field notes from the data which allowed systematic analysis of the thematic patterns to emerge from the data that was collected (p. 65). The focus group analysis…

One limitation of the research is that the sample population was student-athletes from only one university. Future research should focus on other Division I universities and other levels of competitions. Another limitation is that the information found in this study is cross-sectional, meaning that it pertains to one point in time. Future research should take a longitudinal view to…

Semi-structured Interviews Semi-structured interviews will be conducted after focus groups as a development tool for my research. During focus groups, personal views may be restrained, as individuals are uncomfortable in expressing their own perspectives in front of a group (Finch & Lewis 2003, p185). Therefore, interviews will be a suitable method for my explanatory…

Ethical considerations For this research project I ensured that I followed the ethical guidelines of the University of Hertfordshire whilst planning for and carrying out my small scale survey (see appendix for ethics approval sheet) Due to the sensitive nature of this research topic a number of ethical considerations had to be recognised and discussed. First and foremost, it is important to note that I chose not to distribute my questionnaire to children or any young person under the age of 18,…