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1 year ago in Academic Research , Data collection By Rutuja Pathare
How would you defend your chosen data collection method if a committee member suggested an alternative approach (e.g., proposing ethnography instead of your planned survey)?
This is about scholarly reflexivity. We all enter the field with certain expectations shaped by our literature review. I'm deep in my data collection now and realizing my participants conceptualize a core term completely differently than the literature does. It's forcing a mid-stream recalibration. How have you navigated that disorienting but vital shift?
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By Kairei Answered 4 months ago
I assumed, based on dominant theory, that my participants' primary motivation would be economic. The initial interviews overwhelmingly revealed identity and legacy as the core drivers a profound challenge. I haven't abandoned my original analysis plan, but I have changed it. I immediately paused to develop a new, parallel coding framework centered on these emergent themes. Now, my analysis will be a dialogue between the expected economic models and this unexpected identity narrative, which is far richer and more honest to the data I'm actually gathering.
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