Instrument and Data Gathering Technique Data Analysis Technique
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the researcher designed the blueprint for the interview guidelines. It was the fundamental instrument before directly asking to the participants. Then, the
researcher had an interview to each participant in different chances. After perceiving the data, the researcher adapted what Moustakas 1994 suggested in
phenomenology steps to proceed the data. The researcher had to disclose assumptions and beliefs which meant the
researcher should be neutral to avoid the biases. This was called epoche. Next was phenomenological
reduction which
allowed the
researcher to
have horizonalization. It must be identified per unit of meaning by transcribing
verbatim from each participant. After that, the researcher categorized the units of meaning into certain themes or topics which were called textual and structural
descriptions imaginative variation. The description of the textual and structural units was combined to form a textual structural of essence of the experience.
Those processes were repeated toward each participant until the textual-structural descriptions represented the essence of the experience of the whole groups.
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