-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract Sports fandom consists of cognitive and affective‚ as well as behavioural components. Existing sports fan research utilises either strong qualitative‚ or more often‚ strong quantitative methodologies. The strengths and weaknesses of each approach are outlined‚ developing the argument that the use of a single methodology often fails to explore all of these components. The use of a mixed methods approach is
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office-based to home-based work Susanne Tietze‚ Nottingham Business School‚ Nottingham Trent University Sara Nadin‚ Sheffield University School of Management‚ University of Sheffield Human Resource Management Journal‚ Vol 21‚ no 3‚ 2011‚ pages 318–334 This article explores how the transition from office-based to home-based work impacts upon the psychological contracts of employees involved. Adopting a qualitative case study approach‚ utilising a short-term longitudinal design‚ the setting is a local
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A Qualitative Research Critique The purpose of this paper is to critique the research article‚ “Gulper. Et. Al’s Preventing belt restraint use in newly admitted residents in nursing homes: A quasi-experimental study. The incident I am going to discuss in this paper is of Mr. P.‚ an 85-year-old man‚ admitted to this facility about a year ago. His history includes coronary heart disease‚ cataract‚ dementia‚ hypertension‚ macular degeneration and Alzheimer’s. Mr P. scored 28 of 30 on the Folstein
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1. What does the grounded study approach mean? Grounded theory relies usually relies on qualitative field observations. This means the data comes from observations on the field‚ not theoretical or following a deductive approach. 2. What group would you be interested in studying and why? What types of questions or issues‚ in particular‚ would interest you? I would be interested in learning how gangs operate‚ specifically what kind of organization they have. I don’t think most gangs are as organized
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designing a qualitative study. This discussion does not replace the many excellent‚ detailed references on data collection (we refer to several at the end of this chapter). Its purpose is to guide the proposal writer in stipulating the methods of choice for his study and in describing for the reader how the data will inform his research questions. How the researcher plans to use these methods‚ however‚ depends on several considerations. Chapter 1 presents an introductory discussion of qualitative methodological
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The purpose of this paper is to critique a qualitative research article written by Throy Campbell (2015) entitled: A Phenomenological Study on International Doctoral Students’ Acculturation Experiences at a U.S. University. After providing a brief summary of the study‚ I will evaluate all elements that influence the believability and the robustness of the study‚ such as writing style‚ significance of the study‚ methodology‚ etc‚ and explain how the study contributes to its field and how the study
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Qualitative Research Proposal Exploratory Field Research For my field research observation site I chose the flea market (la pulga) located in Alamo‚ Texas. I chose this specific site because in our Mexican American culture families tend to go there to buy cheap merchandise. Although many people go there many of the things they buy there can or is related to crime. I chose this flea market because it is close to home and there are usually a high number of people there during the weekends. There
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Abstract The issue of bias in qualitative research is an important one‚ and demands special attention and discussion in any qualitative research methods class. This reflective paper‚ written in the tradition of teacher-research‚ presents an analysis of how my students and I‚ working in an online classroom environment‚ learn together about the role researcher self and subjectivity play in designing and conducting qualitative research. While researcher bias and subjectivity are commonly understood
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OBJECTIVE The main objective of this experiment is to carry out qualitative analysis to identify metal cations in unknown solution 1. INTRODUCTION An unknown material can be determined by using simple chemical tests and separations which is called as inorganic qualitative analysis. The separation of cations depends on the difference in their propensity to form precipitates. Separation scheme is used to classify cation into five groups on the basis of their physical and chemical behavior opposed
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Qualitative Sociology‚ Vol. 24‚ No. 3‚ 2001 Analyzing Interview Data: The Development and Evolution of a Coding System Cynthia Weston‚1 Terry Gandell‚ Jacinthe Beauchamp‚ Lynn McAlpine‚ Carol Wiseman‚ and Cathy Beauchamp This paper describes the process used by a research team to develop a coding system for analyzing data from interview transcripts and situates the process within approaches to qualitative analysis. Successive versions of the coding scheme illustrate its development over several
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