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rypepsi
Mar 11, 2006, 01:18 PM
Where can I find information about the selection of participants for a phenomenological research? Thanks

RickJ
Mar 11, 2006, 03:05 PM
What exactly is it that you are researching?

Phenomenology is more a description of a research style than something that is researched.

rypepsi
Mar 11, 2006, 03:28 PM
I am doing a report on phenomenology. Phenomenology as a method used in qualitative research. Like Grounded theory, Ethnography, Case study, etc. The only part I haven't really explored in my paper is how to select participants while conducting a phenomenological study.
Thanks.

RickJ
Mar 11, 2006, 03:41 PM
Exactly. Phenomenology is a method, not a thing to be researched... so truthfully, I think how to select participants while conducting a phenomenological study is sort of a trick question.

The research would be "A Phenomenological Study of _________".

How you select your participants will be based on what is in the blank, not on the fact that the study is a Phenomenological one.

Despite this, you may find some helpful links here:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&q=phenomenological+research+participants&btnG=Search