Methodology Review

When conducting any form of social research, it is important to take moment to evaluate the methodology employed in the light of the results obtained.

In our group, we have discussed the strong and weak points of our methodological design, using the following points:

•      Topic and narrators:

Our topic has been interesting for us and it has facilitated our work and our research. The narrators have been picked because of our topic and they have provided us a lot of useful information about it. We have to say that we have changed one narrator in order to make it better.

We think that in this point we have not had any suggestion of improvement.

•      Preparing for the interview:

Before preparing our interview, we have made a list of topics and then we have also established the questions. We think that we should have made the background before the interview; however it has not supposed any problem in our project.

According to the background, it has been chosen according to our topic and also we have elaborated it through choosing specific ideas from different sources (such as magazines, newspaper and periodicals libraries…) about it.

•       Interviewing and transcribing:

Our interview was long enough to answer the necessary questions. Narrators let us to record the interview effectively. They were relatives, so it was easy for doing the interview; they weren’t embarrass so they told us and gave us lots of necessary information, photos… for our project. The external conditions for the interview were appropriate; however, one of the group member lost a day at the University for doing the interview.

•      Group dynamics and publication:

Every member of the group has worked according to their task (one works on the blog structure, other did the project presentation, the interviews…). We have to say that the project is taking us a lot of time doing it, because we want to share a lot of information and reduce to talk about the mainly points was difficult.

•      Other points:

Besides the above points, other things we should improve in order to work more effectively and obtain more valid research results through for example structuring the time better and trying don’t be in a rush.