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We are now going to assume that you have collected and
analyzed your data, so it is time to start on Chapter 4 Analyses. You begin
this chapter with a restating your research questions and a brief statement as
why these questions are important. Then do a preview of chapter 4 and what will
be covered.
The next section is only used if you have done a pilot study
(which I always recommend). So begin this section with a description of the
pilot study and how it was done. Describe how you selected your pilot subjects,
any important characteristics of them, and your procedure. There are a number
of reasons to do a pilot study, for example you may simply want to practice
interviewing people or want to check how long the study takes. Alternatively,
it may be done to confirm that your participants understand the questions you
are asking and they have other suggestions which affect your procedures. If you
changed any procedures report that next, describe why you felt it was
necessary, and that you filed a change of procedure form with the IRB.
The next section is the Settings section of the chapter.
Here you would describe any personal or organizational conditions that may have
occurred since the study was approved. Some examples might be if you were
recruited people to talk about a particular program and that program's budget
was cut in the midst of your data collection- it would be important that the
reader know this. Alternatively, perhaps you were in a car accident half way
through your interviews, changing your appearance. It would again be important
for the reader to be aware of such a change.
Next time there will be a special IRB announcement. Do you
have an issue or a question that you would like me to discuss in a future post?
Would you like to be a guest writer? Send
me your ideas! leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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