Justification of choice of method Sample Clauses

Justification of choice of method. ‌ The methodology used in this thesis is based on the need of the development of research. As the tile of the thesis shows, this article is mainly focus on the exact case of UiN and CUST, the information collected from different directions are all about the two universities and this program. On one hand, it is natural to obtain extensive data from few units because of time limitation, thus I can well manage and control over the process. On the other hand, in order not to have too few responses in the study and ultimately not to have enough data at the end of the research, I used the semi-structured interview with open end and focus group. Since the analysis of the data was highly time-consuming, focus group is a very efficient way to obtain all the possible knowledge of the educational cooperation. Exploratory design was applied to explore the underlying factors. Use of semi-structured interviews and focus group were popular to collect data due to the diversity of perceptions and interpretation of respondents. The study has an exploratory nature, not a hypothetic-deductive characteristics. So that is the essential reason why I choose qualitative methodology. In my study, I also brought in secondary sources from websites, journals and books etc. Since different researchers may have different views from different angles when analyzing the same data, unreliable observations happens, which could lead to unreliable conclusions. Thus the absorbed conclusions never mean purely true in other occasions, the quotation of these conclusions in my thesis is just because I personally agreed to these ideas or perspectives. As far as I know, the primary data sources is very time-consuming but valuable with much power to gain a deeper understanding of the research. In my research, I was trying to find out as much as first-hand materials and data, to add my own interpretation and ideas.