Article On Methodology and Analysis 2022

ARTICLE ANALYSIS
Article analysis entails the assesment of a research article to determine how the
researchers have met the requirements of the study. This is through reviewing the
methodology and the data that has been gathered for the study. Tong, Sainsbury, & Craig
(2007) provide a framework with three domains about how to analyse a research study.
Carlson, et al. (2019) located at Malmo University, The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, and Latrobe University. Each of the researchers has published different research
papers on a wide range of topics. They all have experience in research developed from
previously published works that they have done. Research authority is an important
element as it defines the value of the research that has been done.
Making contact with participants in research increases the likelihood of participant
participation. The researchers made contact with the participants before the study started to
create awareness on the topic. The researchers were permitted to meet with the participants
during mandatory lessons in the universities. Bolderston (2012) suggested that early contact
with the participants reduces the challenge of recruitment since the researcher can easily
identify the participants interested in the study. This is part of research ethics where the
participants are supposed to know the study. Gonzalez-Saldivar, et al. (2019) suggest that
ethical issues within the research study are supposed to be addressed through the use of
consent forms, which ensure that the participants understand their role in research and
where the boundaries exist.
Ethical considerations are supposed to be pplied by researcher in any study
requiring human subjects as provided by the relevant ethical bodies. In this study,

according to Helsinki Declaration (WMA, 2008), ethical considerations were based on the
study being conducted where students are required to be given information about the study,
their participation and willingness to withdraw from the study. Godfrey, Payton, Tasker,
Proestel, & Schouten (2015) suggest that ethical considerations within research are used to
protect the research participants and ensure that the study is done according to the
established ethical rules. This is seen by the use of consent forms that allowed the
participants to give their consent before the study. The researcher characteristics about their
interests, bias, and reasons to participate in the research study have not been explained.
This makes it difficult to assess the limitations of the study since researcher bias has not
been established. In most cases, researcher bias is a limitation since it can influence the
outcome of the research when researchers have a higher interest in the study topic.
The study was based on an exploratory study of students writing reflections and use
of focused group interviews to collect data. Exploratory research studies are used to
research a problem that has not been studies thus improving on it. For example, this study
was based on expanding the findings of a previous study by Carlsonb, et al. (2017) which
was a binational project done through the IaH initiative. This type of design is normally
based on why, how and when to reveal specific findings related to the problem of the study.
Shields & Rangarjan (2013) this study design is appropriate to the qualitative study
problem and allows an increased understanding of the subject based on information
generated from previous studies. It also builds on the use of secondary research like
journals and focused group discussions allow drawing of better conclusions on existing
data.

The method of apprpaching participants in a study determines their participation in
the study. The participants for the study were approached in several ways. First, they were
requested to write a critical reflection of 300 words on their peer learning experience
through a webinar. Then a focussed group interview was done in the three universities with
the identified students. Nyumba, Wilson, Derrick, & Mukherjee (2018) suggest that
focussed group discussions enable researchers to obtain detailed information on the
participants' perceptions and opinions on the research topic. By bringing the members
together, it makes it easy for the researcher to collect data from the study to increase the
reliability of the findings.
The recruitment of participants was based on convenience sampling of the
participants. This sampling technique is the best since it allows the researcher to select the
participants that seem to offer the best response to the study (Jager, Putnick, & Bornstein,
2017 ). in this case, the researcher sampled out 31 participants who showed the willingness
to participate in the study. This sampling technique is based on the reliable and available
data for the study rather than waiting for a large number of respondents. However, Etikan,
Musa, & Alkassim (2016) suggest that this method has been questioned and seen as having
room for bias since the researchers can conveniently choose the participants that offer the
required results thus reducing the validity of the study. The use of convenient sampling
ensure that all 32 participants took part in the study right to the end.
In research data collection settings define the way participamts respond to the
research. The settings of data collection were natural environments that the students
participate in. In the first part of reflection, a webinar was used to allow the students to
write reflections on their education. This was followed by focussed group discussions on