What sampling approach will you as a researcher use; purposeful sampling, homogeneous sampling, snowball sampling? What sampling size or number of respondents will be used to accomplish saturation of data? How will you validate the validity of your protocols and sampling group?

Assignment 13b: Data Collection Discussion

What sampling approach will you as a researcher use; purposeful sampling, homogeneous sampling, snowball sampling? What sampling size or number of respondents will be used to accomplish saturation of data? How will you validate the validity of your protocols and sampling group? What is the purpose of a Beta test on your research protocols (questions)?

Questions
Describe your research protocols. How will you verify the validity of your protocols and sampling group?

What sampling approach will you use as a researcher?

What will be the size of your sampling group?

Initial post due by Wednesday. Write a 300-word post detailing how you would use the method of analyzing collected data and the coding process (three coding levels) leading to new outcomes (theories or themes) that might be used. Be sure to include information from the text and cite them appropriately.

Reply due by Saturday. After reading the posts of all your fellow students, reply to two fellow students with a minimum 200-word post giving them feedback on their discussion. Feel free to ask questions regarding the information they share.