3.0 CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
This study explored the expectations of both the WFD faculty and their administrative leaders regarding the status, the contributions, and the background of WFD faculty in the community college. This descriptive study involved mixed methods research practices. Utilizing the grounded theory approach, the interviews were coded and major themes were identified and categorized through repeated reviews of the transcribed data (Miles & Huberman 1994; Patton, 2002). Transcribing the interviews required about 120 hours of transcription including about five complete edits of each interview to produce the findings. In addition to the transcription actions, the researcher’s personal notes were reviewed about 10 times over the course of three months, and the audio tapes, outside of the transcription activities, were reviewed thoroughly over the course of about three months. Repeatedly reviewing the data provided a framework for determining the major themes in this study. Following the development of the descriptive framework, important categories were developed within each theme in order to extract meaning and provide a useful template for discussion and analysis. In order to identify the major themes evident in the WFD faculty questionnaire, this data is represented in the results section applying frequencies to indicate the most often selected response.
3.0 CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
This study explored the expectations of both the WFD faculty and their administrative leaders regarding the status, the contributions, and the background of WFD faculty in the community college. This descriptive study involved mixed methods research practices. Utilizing the grounded theory approach, the interviews were coded and major themes were identified and categorized through repeated reviews of the transcribed data (Miles & Huberman 1994; Patton, 2002). Transcribing the interviews required about 120 hours of transcription including about five complete edits of each interview to produce the findings. In addition to the transcription actions, the researcher’s personal notes were reviewed about 10 times over the course of three months, and the audio tapes, outside of the transcription activities, were reviewed thoroughly over the course of about three months. Repeatedly reviewing the data provided a framework for determining the major themes in this study. Following the development of the descriptive framework, important categories were developed within each theme in order to extract meaning and provide a useful template for discussion and analysis. In order to identify the major themes evident in the WFD faculty questionnaire, this data is represented in the results section applying frequencies to indicate the most often selected response.
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