Against the flow in data collection: How data triangulation combined with a ‘slow’ interview technique enriches data

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Jentoft ◽  
Torunn S Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Current Flow ◽  
Good Method ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Vulnerable People ◽  
Rich Data ◽  
Depth Interviews

Capturing the voices of the ‘disadvantaged’ in society may often be difficult to achieve. In this article, we argue that the combination of data triangulation and a ‘slow’ interview technique may be a good method when the target group is vulnerable people who may find the interview challenging. Data triangulation can reveal a social phenomenon’s complexity by providing a fuller picture, while in-depth interviews and a ‘slow’ interview technique can enhance data quality. We present an alternative to what we perceive as being dominant and tacit support for use of voice recordings in interview-based studies, thus our research approach goes against the current flow in the research community. In the absence of a voice recording, the quality of the interview can be assured through cooperation between the researcher and the informant. We also discuss the importance of establishing trust when meeting the informant in order to ensure rich data.

scholarly journals The (non)-utilisation of information provided by the senior information officers to the researchers in the Gauteng provincial legislature

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
A.C. Netshivhuyu ◽  
Stephens Mpedi Madue
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Reliable Information ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Policy Direction ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Law Making ◽  
Cooperative Governance

Members of legislatures are relying on the researchers to guide and advise them on the alternatives to deliver on their constitutional mandates of law making, oversight, public participation and cooperative governance. The researchers are also dependent on the Senior Information Officers for the provision of current comprehensive, unbiased and reliable information in order to develop research and advisory documents to be used by legislators when carrying out their mandates. However, legislators often decry the standard of research and advisory documents, citing the shortcomings which include among others: inadequateness, inaccuracy and lack of credibility of the information upon which they are to base their decisions or policy direction. This study was set out to investigate the extent to which researchers in the legislatures utilise the information provided by the Senior Information Officers (SIOs) and/or the reasons for non-utilisation thereof in cases where information is not utilised. The study used a qualitative research approach to establish meaning from the views of the participants. In-depth interviews were used as a key method of data collection. The findings of this study suggest that the Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s researchers do not make full use of the Information provided to them by the SIOs. Furthermore, researchers appeared not to value the role played by the SIOs in keeping the legislators informed but rather as duplicating the researchers’ role.

Kindergarten teachers' evaluation: perceptions of the new Israeli multiple domains performance tool

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yael Cohen-Azaria
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Multiple Domains ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose In 2012, the Israeli Ministry of Education and its Testing and Evaluation Department introduced a new tool to evaluate the quality of kindergarten teachers’ work. This paper aims to identify how kindergarten teachers perceive the new multiple domains performance tool. Design/methodology/approach The study applied a qualitative paradigm of data collection and analysis. Data collection consisted of semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted with 36 kindergarten teachers. Findings Findings indicated that most kindergarten teachers perceive their work plan and the kindergarten climate as the most important evaluation domains, while perceiving involving parents as the least important and even an unnecessary domain. One-third of them indicated that an innovation domain should be added. Also, the kindergarten teachers perceived the use of the KT-MDPT as both positive and negative. Originality/value There is a clear dearth in scholarly literature dealing with the evaluation of the quality of kindergarten teachers’ work. This study is the first to reveal Israeli kindergarten teachers' attitudes regarding this new tool for work quality evaluation.

THE SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE IN INTERPRETING THE RELIGIOUS DAYS COMMEMORATION BY CROSS-RELIGIOUS OF MALAY SOCIETY IN THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 304
Author(s):  
Muslimah Muslimah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Spiritual Intelligence ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study aims to describe the form of the religious day celebrations of Malay society across religions and the meaning of commemorating them in educational institutions. This field research uses a qualitative research approach with data collection through in-depth interviews, participant level observation and documentation. The results of the study describe that the form of religious day commemoration activities in SMPN 2 Arut Selatan are grouped into two, namely: commemoration of religious days which are commemorated based on certain moments, for instance are maulid of the Prophet Muhammad, Isra Mi'raj, and celebrations to welcome the Islamic New Year (Islam), Christmas and Easter (Christian Protestant and Catholic); and routine religious activities, for example is prayer with each of the followers of interfaith religions. Furthermore, the meanings of the religious days celebration are grouped into three views, trere are; as the obligation/ necessity of the learning process, empirical religion and individual's religion; as a culture / habit that becomes a system at school; as a requirement for the implementation of religious practices; and as a culture related to the commemoration of religious days.

scholarly journals Teamwork Pengembangan Kemitraan (Studi Kasus Kelompok Kerja Pengembangan Kemitraan dalam Penangulangan Kemiskinan di Kota Bogor)

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Rizki Bunga Lestari ◽  
Soni Akhmad Nulhaqim ◽  
Maulana Irfan
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Study Development

The title of this research is “Teamwork of Development Partnership (Case Study Development Partnership Teamwork of Poverty in Bogor)”. This research aims to describe the teamwork process conducted by the Working Group on Development Partnership include communication, compromise, cooperation, coordination, and consummation. Teamwork that made the Working Group in an effort to reduce poverty in Bogor. Researcher used a qualitative research approach with case study method, while the instruments used in data collection is interview, observation guidelines, and guidance documentation. The technique used an in-depth interviews, non-participatory observation, and literature study. Informants in this research is 11 people, they are 4 persons from SKPD, 2 persons from BUMD, 2 persons from BUMN, and 3 persons from private sector. The results of this research indicate that good teamwork is determined by communication, compromise, cooperation, coordination, and consummation. Communications flow into upward, downward, and horizontal, both formally and informally, through the medium of verbal and non-verbal communication. Compromises is used to resolve the differences that determined the best alternative. Cooperation as a form of cooperation through the participation of members in carrying out its duties and responsibilities. Coordination is used to integrate the goals and activities of the Working Group in order to direct, there is no overlap. Then, the consummation is used through improvements in poverty reduction activities in Bogor. Thus, the researchers suggest a training program “Team Building Training to Improve the Quality of Teamwork”. The purpose of this training is to raise awareness of Pokja members so that they understand the importance of teamwork that goes with effective and implement a strategy or technique in achieving teamwork, so that the Pokja was able to develop and implement effective teamwork in tackling poverty.Keywords: Human Service Organization, Teamwork, Komunikasi dan Kooperasi

scholarly journals Ijtihad Imam Asy-Syafi'i (Analisis Kritis terhadap Qaul Qadim dan Qaul Jadid)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Ubaidillah Ubaidillah
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Data Collection Procedure ◽  
Ebb And Flow

Ijtihad is the gateway to Islamic progress. The rise and fall of Islam is closely linked to the ebb and flow of ijtihad activities. Because the activities of ijtihad make sense in digging into the pearls of knowledge stored in the Qur'an and al-Hadith. The Asi-Shaykh priest was one of the initiators of the sect to establish his own method of legal practice in issuing his fatwa. Some of its Islamic activities are in two different places, Iraq and Egypt. The fatwas that he produced during his reign in Iraq were known as the qaul qadim, while the fatwas he produced in Egypt were known as the qaul qadim. In this study the researchers used a bibliographie research approach and their data collection procedure using editing, coding and tabulating. So the result is that finding qaul qadim can be demonstrated in the case of the ability of a guardian to replace the fasting left by the deceased due to the inclusion of shaheh hadith. Whereas in other cases qaul jadid is featured because it reinforces the quality of the arguments. 

scholarly journals Layanan Prima menuju ”Quality Tourism” Bali

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
I Wayan Nurjaya ◽  
Solihin Solihin ◽  
I Nyoman Kanca
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Hotel Management ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
Special Services ◽  
Tourist Accommodation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

Increasingly competitive competition among tourist accommodation providers, encourage the star hotel management and villas in Kuta to provide special services to their guests. In fact, such kind of services will lead to a concept of tourism called ”quality tourism”. This paper is a qualitative research. Its data collection was done through document study, observation, and in-depth interviews with 11 informants, consisting of five villas’s star hotel liners, three hotel and villa’s guests, and three observers of Bali tourism business. The result of the study shows that the excellent services to the guests provided by villa and hotel management in Kuta is the implementation of the concept of sapta pesona, done at the stage of pre-arrival service, reception service, housekeeping service, and food & bevarage. The impact of this excellent services gives tourist loyalty and revisit, reinforces the positive image of Bali tourism, and supports the sustainability of accommodation services and tourism business. In general, the excellent services for hotel and villa guests in Kuta has supported the efforts to realize the quality tourism in Bali. Innovations to improve the quality of service for hotel and villa guests are needed according to the development and demands of the tourism market.

scholarly journals MANAJEMEN KEPALA SEKOLAH DALAM MENINGKATKAN MUTU PENDIDIKAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Ulil Azmi ◽  
Muhammad Ridha DS
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Reduction ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Research Type

Abstract: This study aims to explore and analyze the principal's management in improving the quality of education at MAS Thawalib Tanjung Limau. The approach used in this research is qualitative research approach by using field research type (field research). The subject of the study was the principal at MAS Thawalib Tanjung Limau. Data collection is done through observation, interview and documentation study. The analyst technique used is as follows: (1). Data reduction, (2). Presentation of data, (3). After the data is compiled and then drawn conclusions in the form of matrices and narratives. The results show that with good management, there is a quality improvement in MAS Thawalib Tanjung Limau, this is proven, with many events that have been successfully implemented in order to improve the quality, such as camps and provincial and provincial silat martial arts ever held at MAS Thawalib Tanjung Limau.

scholarly journals Efektivitas Program Kartu Prakerja dalam Membangun Sumberdaya Manusia

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-21
Author(s):  
Siti Dwi Yana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Employment Program ◽  
Employment Programs ◽  
Depth Interviews

This writing discusses the effectiveness of the Pre-Work program in building human resources and the role of the Pre-employment program in building the quality of human resources. The objectives of this study were to: (1). Determine the effectiveness of the Pre-employment program in building resources amid the human pandemic. (2). Determine the role of the Pre-employment program in building the quality of human resources in the midst of a pandemic. By using a descriptive qualitative research approach, the type of data used in this study is primary data obtained from in-depth interviews with community recipients of the pre-work card program assistance. The research results obtained are: (1). Pre-employment programs are less effective in building human resources. (2). The Pre-employment Program plays a very important role in building the quality of human resources.

The Patients’ Experiences of Telemedicine for their skin problems: A qualitative study in Singapore (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aloysius Chow ◽  
Sok Huang Teo ◽  
Jing Wen Kong ◽  
Simon Biing Ming Lee ◽  
Yee Kiat Heng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Dermatology Clinic ◽  
Effective Treatment Modality ◽  
Cost Effective Treatment ◽  
Rich Data ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
Depth Interviews

BACKGROUND Teledermatology is a cost-effective treatment modality for the management of skin disorders. Most evaluations use quantitative data and far less is understood about the patients’ experience. OBJECTIVE This qualitative study explores patients’ perceptions of a teledermatology service linking public primary care clinics to the national specialist dermatology clinic in Singapore. A better understanding of patients’ experiences can help refine and develop the care provided. METHODS Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with patients who had been referred to the teledermatology service. Interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed before undergoing thematic content analysis. RESULTS Twenty-one patients aged between 22 and 72 years were recruited. Three themes were identified from the data of patients’ experiences: positive perceptions of teledermatology, concerns about teledermatology, and ideas for improving the teledermatology service. Patients found the teledermatology service convenient, saving them time, expense and liberating them from the stresses incurred when making an in-person visit to a specialist facility. They valued the confidence and reassurance they gained from having a dermatologist involved in their management plan. Their concerns included data security and the quality of the images shared. Nonetheless, they were keen to see the service expanded beyond the polyclinics. Their experiences and perceptions will inform future service refinement and development. CONCLUSIONS This narrative exploration of users’ experiences of teledermatology produced rich data enabling a better understanding of the patient’s journey, the way they understand and interpret their experiences, and ideas for service refinement. Telemedicine reduces travelling and enables safe distancing, factors that are much needed during pandemics.

scholarly journals P62 Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the SeaSHeL study

BJS Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikhil Joshi ◽  
Muhammad Ahmed ◽  
Rishi Mandavia ◽  
Nikhil Joshi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Patient Recruitment ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
National Cohort ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction The SeaSHeL Study is an ongoing national, multi-centre, cohort study investigating Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL). The study is supported by the INTEGRATE ENT Trainee Research Network and the Audiology NIHR Champions, as well as being adopted onto the NIHR Clinical Research Network. It aims to map the pathway of patients with SSNHL, develop a prognostic model to predict recovery of patients with idiopathic SSNHL and establish the impact on patients’ quality of life. Here we summarise the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the study and highlight methods employed to improve data collection. Methods Data collection commenced in October 2019 and as of August 2020, 227 patients have been recruited from 66 registered sites across England. This interim data was analysed. The primary outcome was the change in monthly patient recruitment and site registration. The secondary outcome was the completeness of the dataset. Results Initially, monthly site registration increased to a peak of 31 in December 2019 and monthly patient recruitment increased to a peak of 34 in February 2020. Both levels decreased during the first wave of Covid-19 with 11 patients recruited and 0 sites registered in April 2020. Both levels have been increasing since, with 21 patients recruited and 5 sites registered in August 2020. The dataset of 227 patients has 113 (49.7%) completed records. Conclusions This study represents the largest national cohort study into SSNHL. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, data collection continued during the first wave and rates are now recovering to pre-Covid-19 levels. Key factors in this recovery are a collaborative research approach involving motivated trainees, an ethics amendment for follow-up data to be collected by telephone and continued engagement of collaborators through regular email correspondence and fortnightly newsletters.

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