DDBA/8303 Week 4 Discussion Dealing With Difficult Participants
To
prepare for this Discussion,consider the following
scenario:
You are a researcher conducting a qualitative
research study and have scheduled a series of interviews. As you begin to
conduct your interviews, you encounter a number of problems: Particiant A does
not expand on his or her responses, providing mostly one-word answers, and
refuses outright to answer some questions. Participant B continually goes off
topic, sharing personal anecdotes, and takes up interview time with unrelated
information. Finally, Participant C has been difficult to schedule and attempts
to withdraw his or her contribution to the process after showing initial interest.
Consider strategies you might employ to address these challenges and any
potential insights you may gain toward your growth as an independent scholar.
Post
a strategic approach for addressing participant difficulty in qualitative
interviews. In your strategic approach, do the following:
·
Identify two or more strategies for
addressing difficult participants within the interview process.
·
Assess the effectiveness of your
identified strategies based on scholarly research. Be sure to provide scholarly
examples to support your assessment.
DDBA
8303 Week 4 Assignment 2 Small-Scale Qualitative Research Project—Conducting
the Interviews
Assignment
2: Small-Scale Qualitative Research Project—Conducting the Interviews
This week you will complete your interviews and
transcription for your small-scale qualitative research project.
To
prepare for this Assignment, you will take into consideration
feedback from your Instructor on the Interview Guide submitted in Week 2 when
conducting your interviews. Each interview should last 15–20 minutes and must
be audio-recorded, because this is the standard for good practice in
qualitative research interviews. Be sure to consider the different options for
recording the audio of your interviews, including programs like Audacity, Sony
Acid Xpress, and others. Don’t forget to save each interview audio recording as
an MP3 file in case your Instructor asks to review it. Once you have completed
your interviews and captured them as audio files, you will need to transcribe
the interviews.
By
Day 7
Submit
your completed interview transcriptions.
o
If either of your interviews lasts
longer than 20 minutes, transcribe only a maximum of 20 minutes for each
interview.
