What we have done:
- we have constructed a draft questionnaire which we piloted and have since edited again using the feedback we received from the recipients and the advice given to us by Alison Sealey, to produce our final draft ready to distribute
- we have met on a weekly basis either at the library or the mason lounge to discuss our progress since the beginning of the module
- we have primarily communicated through Facebook on a regular basis on top of meeting every week in order to keep track of each others progress and brainstorm any ideas or potential points of discussion for the next meeting
- we have all contributed significantly in terms of coming up with ideas, putting them into practice and recording our progress on the blog itself
- we have all completed background reading in preparation once we decided upon our topic (individual's completed reading will be put up shortly)
- we have decided upon giving out our questionnaires by hand and have a rough outline of the methodology in interpreting the results
What we will do:
- Distribute 10 questionnaires each, giving us a total of 50 to analyse the results
- Once we have collected the results, we can interpret the data it gives us in terms of addressing our topic of gender and age in taboo language
- Once data has been interpreted we will start thinking about our presentation and what we want to include as well as how we will present our findings
Feedback we have addressed:
- we have decided to have 5 age groups as we think that splitting them in this way will allow us to obtain gradual trends and will give us more specific findings of which we can subsequently present; we do acknowledge that there will be overlap between the age groups but we have taken it into consideration and believe that our age groups we specify in the questionnaire will be the most productive
- From the feedback we received from Alison Sealey we have decided to add 2 further questions on context and 1 on gender in our final questionnaire
- in terms of the feedback regarding how we are planning to select recipients we have decided to target people that fit the age groups so we can get a relatively equal selection of data from each age group, ensuring we have enough data to present when referring across the age groups
in terms of the feedback regarding how we are planning to distribute questionnaire we have decided to give them out by hand as only 1/3 of online questionnaires are completed (Alison Sealey), also we felt for the older age category it may not be appropriate as they could be less familiar with the techonology. While we do acknowledge the notion that a recipient may be less likely to give truthful answer in the questionnaire with one of us present, we are considering giving a number of questionnaires to a group of people and having them put them in an envelope so before giving it back to us (similar to the way in which the University of Birmingham obtains feedback in several of its departments), which could make them give more truthful answers.
We are meeting again next week and hope to have some data by then!!!
11/11/11
Group 2
Louis
Sam
Charlie
Charlotte
Rebecca
This is quite an extensive account of what you've been doing, and you will hopefully have some interesting things to report. I'm really sorry that you haven't managed to come and talk to me, though, as I have invited you to do several times. I still have some concerns about the design of the project, particularly given the potential for causing offence, however clear you are in your own minds about this. There are various other issues I should have liked to explain, as I think you may not have fully understood what I said in my voice emails. Your top priority is to check that you really are following the spirit of the ethical guidelines that apply to doing research like this. Beyond the general BAAL Good Practice guidelines, whose research in this area are you using as a model for collecting data? If you are quite sure that what you intend to do does meet your obligation to act with due regard to the sensitivities of all your informants, have you thought through how you will deal with any hostile responses from your informants?
ReplyDeletePlease don't distribute this questionnaire until you have confirmed that you have addressed the issues raised here.