Overt Racism In Sports

In regard to observing the fans and workers I choose to be overt. I wanted to see how people react to an overt racism researcher. I introduced myself to the fans between the quarters of the game as a researcher who is interested in racism in sports, asked about willingness to participate in such a study. Later the participants were asked a few questions about racism. Participants were informed that data are confidential and were told about the risks encompass being a part of the study. The field notes contained both descriptive and reflective notes. In the descriptive notes the date, time, the surroundings, people dresses, announcements, warnings, people patterns of behavior, and way they look at others. In the reflective section, I had
I have spent one hour every week observing in the ice arena, attended 2 hockey games. That made me have the first hand evidence as I collected the whole data by myself. Second, Triangulation. In the proposed study two techniques were adapted, observations and interviews. Also, the collected data were compared to literature. The data from these different resources and techniques were compared to each other, to see if they all support the same findings. Third, frequent debriefing. Frequent debriefing session was conducted between the researcher and Dr Vikki. In that session some of the collected data and adapted methods were discussed. That helped to prevent any biases of the researcher and made the researcher aware of it if any are found. Also, this will give the researcher more perspectives on the proposed research (Andrew Shenton, 2004, p.67). Fourth, peer scrutiny of the research project. A Colleague who is a construction management master`s student was asked to read the analysis and the findings of the research and provide a feedback. That critique made me more opened and aware of any bias I have done. Also, it helped to change my way of thinking about the observations
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In regard to the research, maintaining a log adds to the trustworthiness of the study as it provides a written and date source of the observations. So anyone can go through the adapted methods or techniques and related observations. In regard to the researcher, the research log represents a reliable source for the researcher to recall data or information, enable the researcher to detect any biases that might develop over time, going over the research log helps the researcher to adapt new methodology or adjust it, advantages and disadvantages of the adapted methodology and it helps the researcher to find answers for unanswered questions. Also, the researcher can document any data or observations he miss later on. In terms of confidentiality, the research log has to be kept in a safe place where nobody can gain access to it other than the