QUALITATIVE RESEARCH MODULE

(Answer separately each question giving more details)

If you have just started analyzing data and you notice that negative attitudes predominated among participants (who are basically employees in an organization). Probably more information would have been needed in order to understand the negativity. What are some ways to broaden, narrow, modify, or redirect, additional data gathering procedures in this case. Answer the following bearing in mind the above scenario:

1.Importance of using both open ended and closed research questions in a study

2. The importance of pilot testing in research study

3. Importance of a well-defined question in collecting more data in research study

4. Importance of the research questions to be expanded to explore cultural, economic, and political factors as an additional data gathering technique in research

5. Importance of studying organizational culture as a way of broadening data in research