"In one sense, our study had no design. That is, we had no well-worked-out set of hypotheses to be tested, no data-gathering instruments purposely designed to secure information relevant to these hypotheses, no set of analytic procedures specified in advance. Insofar as the term “design” implies these features of elaborate prior planning, our study had none" . (p.215)
It was interesting reading this document by Maxwell (and taking this class) after having completed my capstone. It is actually really interesting to have first hand "suffered" through the process and am now hearing all the outlines and vocabulary to go along with what I did. For more than half the semester with this qualitative research project I was so anxious about the fact that it felt as though I had "no plan" and NO ONE was worried about it except me!! Hearing them tell me that it's okay and that it's part of the process felt somewhat frustrating at the time, although looking back it was an important lesson to learn. Reading much of the Maxwell selection it is paralleling so much of my own experience with this type of research design. It is quite a nerve wracking process to not know if all of the tedious work and long hours will amount to anything that usable or significant!
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