In My Dissertation, I Decided To Adhere To The Guidelines

In my dissertation, I decided to adhere to the guidelines presented by Twining et al. (2016) that a study must follow a qualitative or a quantitative methodology/approach, and that the two cannot be mixed. This decision will affect the way the study is designed and conducted, e.g. number of participants, research questions, etc. Picking one approach over the other, however, will not make data collection exclusive to numerical or non-numerical data. The two data collection methods, both quantitative (i.e. numerical) and qualitative (i.e. non-numerical) data can be mixed but their analysis must be made considering the overall approach of the study (Twining et al., 2016; BaÃ… ¡karada, 2014) â€Å"in a way that is consistent with your methodology and†¦show more content†¦On the contrary, other studies investigating about pragmatic development while abroad or within a gaming experience (Sykes, 2012; Cornillie, Thorne Piet, 2012) follows a qualitative approach and use mostly qua litative data collected through interviews, journal entries, and observations of in-game behaviors. For my dissertation, I decided to use a qualitative approach to describe the data collected, because it will allow me to provide a very detailed description of the experience of each participant of the study. My choice was based on multiple reasons. 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