Reflection on the Participants’ Response
This chapter talks about how Emily McSpadden, the respondent of the
said study responds to the analyses that have based themselves on what she
wrote and said about her life. How would she see and what would she think of
these researchers’ work? We all know that in various psychological research
projects, participants have been given the chance to receive and read the final
report. Traditionally, researchers have infrequently contacted participants to
learn more and inquire about their responses, let alone presenting them in
publications. However, in Qualitative Research, they contend that it is essential
for qualitative researchers, as well as psychologists in general, to grasp how
research participants are affected by and respond to research findings that
concern them.
I’ve done researches before in quantitative data analysis; this was my first
time to conduct or to have qualitative research. In quantitative, I realize that we
don’t approach and asked our participants about their thoughts or perceptions
or feelings during the conduct of the study. I don’t even remember going back
to my locale of the study and inform them about the result we got, reading this
chapter made me realizes that it is really important to ask the participants about
their thoughts or perception as a participant in a certain study. It is also
significant that we tell them our findings since this issue mainly concerns them.
Sharing to them our research findings would help them improve themselves if
necessary.
I come to realize, that after gathering and analyzing the data, I would go
back to Concepcion National High School to inform them about the findings of
our study. In such a way, the administration and the teacher can work hand-inhand to help the students’ overcome their difficulties in Mathematics.
Mathematics is a core subject of school curriculum. Several students find it
difficult to understand and that is why the result of this research would greatly
help them.
When I do research in the future, either quantitative or qualitative
research, I would go back to my locale of the study and share my findings to the
persons involved. With this action, the school heads and teachers from that
place can develop plans to help the participants. Issues and concerns will also
be addressed properly and directly.