Limitations of the Study. This research project studied JKUAT alliances (network) with accredited academic institutions in Kenya from the perspective of JKUAT. It would have been very interesting to get the views of all the network members. However in a case study that sought to gather detailed information, a study of thirty (30) alliances could have been a tall order. Only three respondents were interviewed in the study. More could have been interviewed to follow up on information that emerged in the first interviews but this was not possible because of the limitation of time. Moreover, those who were targeted for subsequent interviews were found not to be available within the time frame of the research.
Limitations of the Study. A major limitation of this study is the non-representativeness of the sample due to the qualitative design of the study. Qualitative research involves the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data that yield rich, context-specific data, not easily reduced to numbers. However, qualitative research quality is heavily dependent on the individual skills of the interviewer, and is more easily influenced by the researcher's personal biases and idiosyncrasies than quantitative research. Rigor is more difficult to maintain, assess, and demonstrate with qualitative data. In addition, analysis of the data involved transcribing recorded interviews and discussions into French, and then translating the French transcripts into English. As a result of this process, some of the richer contextual data may have been lost in the process of transcription and translation. Finally, much of the data collected were retrospective in nature concerning training, meetings, and events that happened since 2008; thus, information given to us by respondents regarding events which took place over the past decade may be incomplete, altered, or not well recalled.
Limitations of the Study. Several limitations to this study need to be acknowledged. First, the academic achievement variable was designed in a way that students reported it themselves. There were three options: A, B and C grades. The participants opted for A and B grades. Given that this is a private school for the academically talented, the choice was quite obvious given that almost all students are good at all disciplines at school. However, due to the fact that both A and B grades are considered to be good grades, there were no significant differences in the responses that limited the study’s ability to further analyse this variable. The next limitation is about the generalisability of the research results, because some of the findings were not statistically significant according to p value indicator. The biggest limitation is that due to the IREC permissions, the study had to be done with students 18 years or more which may have had a huge impact on detecting levels of bullying within the school populations since research has found bullying often decreases with age of the students.
Limitations of the Study. The sample frame used may or may not be representative of the entire K-12 public school population. The Hot List, formerly published at xxxx://xxxxx.xxx/~xxxxxxx and relocated to xxxx://xxxxxxx-xx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx/library/states.asp as of June 26, 2000, is compiled from URLs submitted by teachers, principals, media specialists, or other community members. The sites were not examined prior to being listed in the directory. Any bias that may exist in this sample frame probably exists in favor of promotion. Thus, as a result of this possible bias, the presentation of results for promotion on the sample web sites may be artificially high and cannot be generalized to the entire K-12 public school population. Although an attempt was made to analyze all of the criteria that go into a school library media center web site, it is inevitable that some criteria were inadvertently missed. Xxx’x Content and Design Analysis of School Library Web Home Pages provides further analysis of the content and design of school library web sites. Due to the self-publishing nature of the Hot List directory, some of the web sites randomly selected were private schools. Due to the difficulty in telling the difference between public and private school web sites upon cursory examination, no attempt was made to control for this possibility. Private school media center web sites that appeared in the random sample were evaluated in the same manner as public school media center web sites with the idea that difference in school type would not be statistically significant. When using data from the World Wide Web, however, this is not always the case. As a result, some of the data analyzed in this study may have been moved, altered, or deleted after publication of the study. In fact, some of web sites had been moved or discontinued from the time of the sample drawing on June 7th to the time of their analysis on June 17 and18, 2000 and were not included in the final sample. The author cannot, therefore, guarantee the future reliability of the data gathered here but the underlying principles remain unchanged. This research was conducted during the months of June and July, a time in which schools are usually closed; a survey would not have been feasible during this time period. The small R2 values found in the study, which indicate low levels of correlation, should be further investigated. In future studies, media specialists could be queried to determine whether they feel that the Internet is a goo...
Limitations of the Study. Major limitations of this Study are: • The study and results are totally based on the information collected within the organization itself through primary and secondary data collection. • The reliability of the facts and information depends on the sources of data. • The study is the case study on MIS at Gurans Life Insurance Company Ltd. which may not fully cover the Management Information System in Insurance Companies. • There are not adequate published reports and article about Management Information System in Insurance Companies, that’s why this is the another limitation of the study. The recommendation is based on the knowledge gain through the course structure; it is not the expert point of view.
Limitations of the Study. Although the sample selection of experts was made in an intent to obtain international coverage and a large experience of clinical information modeling and processes across multiple institutions using different EHR technologies, it was difficult to ensure representation across the full spectrum of clinical modeling expertise and processes, and so some approaches may have been missed. Despite such limitations, the results obtained are proposed as useful to guide the development and test of a formal CIMP.
Limitations of the Study. The results of the study should be interpreted in light of several limitations. The first limitation of this study is a relatively small number of participants that does not allow us to generalize our findings. The second limitation is related to the fact that all the participants involved in the study were 18 and 19 years old. Thus, the data collected does not allow us to completely determine how age affects students‟ level of emotional intelligence and teacher-student relationships. Third, only student related variables were analyzed in this study. However, pther important variables, such as teachers‟ age, gender, and ethnicity were not researched. Despite these limitations, this study uses a quantitative approach that offers a novel approach and meaningful contribution to the study of teacher-student relationships. Thus, the findings of this study might be useful for educators, policy makers and students themselves.
Limitations of the Study. The results of the study should be interpreted in light of several limitations. First, the limitation is the research site which is a specialized school for selected gifted students, and therefore NIS teachers’ experience on gifted underachievement may not reflect those in secondary schools. Thus, it is believed in case of conducting this research among secondary schools, the research results would be wide and broad as well as address some major issues that this current research might have missed. Second, the number of participants of this study was limited and the participants themselves were purposefully selected. It should be noted that the views of other teachers who did not participate in this study might have provided different and considerable results. Third, the research gap in the context of gifted underachievement practices in Kazakhstan might not have been completely disclosed due to the chosen research design. The research has involved only teachers’ voices while mixed research with quantitative would have probably provided a broader picture involving other stakeholders as well.
Limitations of the Study. The first limitation was the fact that purposeful sampling, maximal variation sampling was used, which gave a limited amount of information due to the large number of participants. It should be noted that one of the participants dropped out of the study due to the absence of the agreed date. Also, the researcher did not randomly select participants. Second, focusing on one school experience is insufficient to give a broad picture of the situation of global citizenship education. In addition, one of the participants who was not able to physically participate in the interview requested to send interview questions, that prevented the researcher from asking probing questions, make clarifications and get more detailed information. From the beginning, the research project was conducted in accordance with ethical principles and standards. Treating participants with an ethic of respect, protecting their interests and not putting them at risk are among the main priorities. Participants were selected on a voluntary basis and were fully informed of the purpose and nature of the study. Participants were informed about the duration of the study, the nature of the research, and what exactly was required of them. Each of the participants was provided with a participant informed consent form from the research supervisor. The participant informed consent form explained the purpose of the study, provided a confidentiality statement, and explained that participation was voluntary. Participants were at liberty to withdraw from the study at any time. If participants did not wish to answer a particular question during the interview, he or she could have indicated this so and the interviewer would move on to the next question. Therefore, they could have decided to leave the study at any time. Participants were made aware that gathered information would be used in writing a qualitative research report, which would be read by the researcher’s supervisor. Interviews were conducted in English and Russian and lasted for about 45 minutes. An interview protocol was developed. The entire interview was audio-taped. During the interview, notes were taken, which were shown to the interviewee. Thus, in the event of a misunderstanding, the interviewee had an opportunity to correct or delete a response. The answers were transcribed. Though excerpts from the interview were included in the final research report, participant names and other identifying information were kept anonymous. The resear...
Limitations of the Study. The current research is limited by several factors. First of all, this study was conducted in an urban area which is located in the North region of Kazakhstan. This region in Kazakhstan is not considered as traditional as the South part where it is more densely Kazakh in its population. Also, the city where research has been conducted is not a majority of the population. Secondly, this study has a small sample size, limited around the teachers from five schools. That is to say the given sample size cannot be generalized to the whole country. Thirdly, this study also limited by social desirability of teachers since they may not answer completely honestly to the more sensitive questions
