Introduction to Educational Research: A Critical Thinking Approach

Factors influencing patients’ preferences and perceived involvement in shared decision-making in mental health care

“…Throughout the data analysis process, we continually returned to the data to strengthen the analytical categories and search for verification or counter evidence (Bazeley, 2013). Thematic saturation was established once no new variations of a given theme were identified, and based on evidence of repeated coding within the same category (Suter, 2012).…”

The Impact of Lecturers’ Thinking Styles on Students’ Creativity in Distance Higher Education

“…If thinking styles are significantly related to creative thinking ability, then creative thinking ability would serve as a control variable. Second, there are manipulated variables, and these reflect a presumed cause and set up the conditions for comparison (Suter, 2006). In this study, the manipulated variables are group composition (homogeneous and heterogeneous) and conference structure (no, low and high).…”

“…In this study, the manipulated variables are group composition (homogeneous and heterogeneous) and conference structure (no, low and high). Moreover, the dependent variables reflect the presumed effects of the manipulation of the independent variables (Suter, 2006), and these are the measured outcomes. In this study, the dependent variables are group creativity and student perceptions of transactional distance.…”

“I have collected qualitative data; now what do I do?” approaches to analysing qualitative data

“…Silverman (2014) states that 'deep meaning can be transmitted through rich spontaneous talk' (p. 24), therefore the researchers focus is on 'looking beyond the details of everyday life to the essence underlying them' [6]. The focus from a qualitative analysis perspective therefore is to try and understand the basic structure of that experience and interpret the meaning it has for a person or group [7].…”