Chapter 3
Chapter 3
METHODOLOGY
study. This includes the research methods and design, role of the researcher,
Research Design
Schwartz, 2001).
Focused Group Discussion with the young professionals and students who
2001).
This research method connects well with the intent of the study to
Role of Researcher
this special name will reflect the fact that the researchers role is not the same
from the one-on-one interviews. Although they need to ask questions, they still
the traditional sense during the session (Dornyei, 2007). Because the
dynamic of the FGD and in-depth in one of the unique features of this method,
the researchers role will involve some leadership functions, including the
assurance that no one will dominate the floor and everyone was given a
generate a maximum number with different ideas and opinions from as many
The three researchers were the one who conducted the FGD. One of
the researchers role was to be the moderator. The moderator facilitated the
group discussion. She was the one to ask the interview questions to the
participants. Another researchers role was to be the secretary of the
discussion. She was the one in charge of taking down notes. She took down
notes for the purpose of having a hard copy of all the thoughts of the
participants in the FGD. The other researcher was the one who was task to
record the whole discussion using a cellular phone. She was the recorder of
to explore new issues in depth. Interviews are often used to provide context
data, offering a more comprehensive picture of what had happened and why.
In the IDI process, the proponents role were also the same as in the
FGD. The one researcher was the moderator or the one who asked the
questions individually. The other was also the one to take down notes and the
other one was also to record the personal views of the respondents towards
Research Participants
and students of UM Tagum College. There were seven (7) respondents for the
focus group discussions and seven (7) for the in-depth interview that makes it
fourteen (14).
interview there should be no right or wrong answers but only differing points of
discussion. He also noted that only one person should speak at a time. The
participants do not need to agree with other informants but should listen to
Data Collection
The following steps were taken by the researcher to solicit the relevant
Second, the participants were informed about the primary purpose and
Trustworthiness
(Suter, 2006).
depends more on the richness of the information gathered, rather than the
amount of data gathered. There are many techniques to gauge the accuracy
analysts and member checks. In reality the participants/readers are the only
ones who can reasonably judge the credibility of the results (Farley,
2011).Credibility deals with the focus of the research and refers to the
emphasizes the need for the researcher to account for the ever-changing
describing the changes that occur in the setting and how these changes will
affect the way the research approached the study.This is based on the
whether we would obtain the same results if we could observe the same thing
various hypothetical notions (e.g., true score theory) to try to get around this
checking and rechecking the data throughout the study (Trochim, 2008).
Transferability. From a qualitative perspective, transferability is
primarily the responsibility of the one doing the generalization. The researcher
context and the assumptions that were central to the research. The person
for making the judgment of how sensible the transfer is (Trochim, 2008).
Ethical Consideration
During the interview, they were not forced to share their thoughts,
Distinguishing between right and wrong, such as the Golden Rule ("Do unto
others as you would have them do unto you") is the most common way of
defining "ethics": norms for conduct that distinguish between acceptable and
that the personal preferences of the participants were not a problem during
the interview so that each informant will not hesitate to share his/her