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Fanticipents wel^É rorlpensated, in à sense, by neceiving
s¡-rmmari:ed copy oi the reEults oi the reEeanch,
H f ew d:'¡'5 **ter the comp'letion ¡i the iocr-rs grolrp, sr-rbject-=
r'rene phened personal I y by the ne=eanchen to tha.nt; them f or thein
panticipation in the study (see Appendi:r tJ). At this time, they
þJere also as[,: ed i+ there wene åny additional thoughts or idess
they wanted to add to thein previous staternents (Eel lengen et -el .
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Reseanch ûesign
h.nr-regen i 19ËË) stated that the si:e oi the gl.olrp rnr-rst tre
Ernal I enouBh so th¡t- each rnernber haE the oppontr-rnity to contribute
and lårge enoLtgh Eo that a wide nange oi penceptions and thor_rghts
can be er'tpnessed. He recommended belween seven to ten peopl E pen
f ocr-rs gnolrF intenvier.r. The {ocuts ãnolrp intenview typical I y I asts.
one and a half to tr+¡ houns. This tirne inarne has been e=tabliEhed
ås Er-rii icient ti¡ne to develop nappont and in-depth discr_rssion
among participa.nts (Eel I enger. et al . , 1gT?) .
Morgan ( 19EB) necornrnended that abar-rt thnee to ioun f ocus
gÌ'ÐLrps be conducted in onden to pnovi de adequa.te data to ånswerthe
neseanch qurestion. Fon the pLrnposes o{ this neEearch, {our.
iocr-rs group interviews t,let Ê condurted i each with 4-1(_i
participants.
[tata Col lect ion
In onder to facil itate rel e'ant dats cal I ection. the
mÍrdet'åtLrn ,jevel oÞed ¡ questionning nonte consisting o{ open-ended
questÍons (Appendin E) . usr-raì ly the qurestionning rourte consists
of 5 to å qr-testions which are mernori:ed by the rnodenaton ill.nr-tegen.