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Limitations of Survey Research Methods in Assessing the Problem of Minority Student Retention in Higher Education. The Focus-Group Method as One Alternative

Author: Bangura, Abdul
SKU: PMRT.GEN.8303.00498

$178.05

Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Number of Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780773498303
Publication Date: 1992
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Drawing from recent surveys and studies, this study posits that survey research approaches are quite limited for investigating the problem of minority student retention in higher education. Because survey research emphasizes standardized procedures, experimental control, quantitative measures and statistical analysis, the role of language has been ignored. This calls for alternative approaches embodying the view that interview is a form of discourse. The contrast between this view and mainstream survey interviewing is used to develop a framework for systematic exposition of the alternatives. One such approach is the focus-group method, a variation of the depth interview. Other African-American Studies Books 2015 – What Black People are Afraid to Tell Themselves About Themselves. A False Self-Identity Among Black, Negro, Colored, and White People in the United States 2021 – Great African American Anthems: 1998 – Booker T. Washington – Interpretative Essays

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