Knowledge is Power

Thursday 7th March 2019, Adesola hosted a very useful Skype call with the focus on “What if you can’t interview anyone?” As ever, the Skype call took a different pathway to what I expected. (When will I learn to expect the unexpected!?) This pointed out the importance of collecting valuable qualitative data for our inquiry. Qualitative data being the ability to capture the quality, feelings and thinking of the research you are undertaking.

I have written below some of they main points that I took away from today’s discussion.

Firstly, things to do:

1.     Start to fill out the MORE Forms as this will help inform many aspects of your inquiry.
2.     Plan your analysis in detail. What are you going to do with it?

We then discussed a number of different ways to collect data. This was particularly useful as it made me think about what type of data is the most valuable to me and my proposed inquiry. 

Some Types of Qualitative Data Collection:
1.     Literature
2.     Pre-existing research
3.     Interviews
4.     Surveys
5.     Reflection
6.     Observation
7.     Web 2.0
8.     Focus Groups


Key points from today’s discussion:
·      Be interested in what others have to say
·      Don’t waste time
·      Find valuable data, the best way to do this is interview a specialist in your field
·      Keep a reflective diary – keep coming back to it. Be proactive in your reflections
·      Think about the HOW and WHY (not the what.)
·      Don’t confirm what you think you know
·      Cross reference your research – do they inform each other?
·      Remember, knowing what other people think helps the quality of what you do
·      Research what literature on your topic is already out there. Search wisely, but search with an open mind.

 A quick sketch of what other literature I could explore around my inquiry topic:


All in all, it was a very valuable Skype discussion that has enabled me to think about the next stepping stones of this BA pathway. I need to plan meticulously and critically to ensure that my injury will be valuable and informative to my practice. 

Comments

  1. Charlie Steggles11 March 2019 at 07:53

    Hi Jess, I enjoyed the Skype call and your blog. I feel I have lots of to do lists and reminders of what I need to look into, it's just fitting it all together. How is your draft going? Charlie S

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