Fox News readers, turn away now, you're definitely not going to like this .. the UN's panel on climate science said today that climate change is happening, it is almost entirely man's fault and limiting its impacts may require reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero this century. This piece of news today came at an opportune time. My Year 13s have just left for exams (Southern Hemisphere here in New Zealand) and my Year 12s are sitting their mocks, which means I have some free and unfettered time to think about this seemingly intractable problem.
How looking out for number one often results in the worse possible outcomes for all Fox News readers, turn away now, you're definitely not going to like this .. the UN's panel on climate science said today that climate change is happening, it is almost entirely man's fault and limiting its impacts may require reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero this century. This piece of news today came at an opportune time. My Year 13s have just left for exams (Southern Hemisphere here in New Zealand) and my Year 12s are sitting their mocks, which means I have some free and unfettered time to think about this seemingly intractable problem. Maximum marks in the diabolical IB Psychology HL Qualitative Research Methods
Describe the use of inductive content analysis (thematic analysis) in this study. [10 marks] Inductive content analysis is a measure of analysing data in a qualitative study. It involves the grounded theory – transferring a low order theme to a high order theme and IPA (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis). The data collection is the first step which is done by semi-structured interview in this stimulus material. The data from the interview was “recorded” in the stimulus material which is then transcribed either by verbatim or postmodern transcription. Recorder themes are identified by transcription and then a step-by-step analysis is done to classify different sub-themes. The reading and re-reading of the data transcription several emergent themes are extracted which are then classified into different themes. These different sub-themes are analysed critically and further categorised into higher order themes. This categorisation process is evident in the stimulus material – “the content analysis showed that participant’s motivation could be categorised into four major or higher-order themes”. The stimulus material provides a detailed description of the four higher-order themes such as excitement and entertainment, emotional coping, and escaping from reality and interpersonal and social needs. These higher-order themes are then produced as a summary table after no more themes can be identified. This summary table is the produced account which is used for deriving the conclusion. As in the stimulus material “the researchers concluded that online gaming had the potential to be addictive.” Each step of the inductive content analysis requires credibility checks. For example, credibility checks by other researchers, coding, and reflexivity. These credibility checks appear on the margins and finally produce an account of the participants view rather than the researchers, thereby making the study trustworthy. Though the stimulus material did not present any kind of credibility checks employed by the researches, there is evidence of four higher-order themes makes the conclusions reliable as the study measures what it is expected to (psychological motivation to participate in online games).
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