Week 3.3_PHCM9132_Applied Research Methods for Public Health by UNSW Medicine & Health https://padlet.com/unswmedicineandhealth/methods_week3_3 Week 3_Part3 en-us 2021-09-29 23:18:36 UTC 2022-01-19 00:34:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f600.png 3) ALL TOGETHER AT END (15 mins) unswmedicineandhealth https://padlet.com/unswmedicineandhealth/methods_week3_3/wish/1779544356 Ritchie notes that “the researcher is the instrument” and therefore they “should interpret the data from their unique frames of reference” and “with subjectivity”. Ritchie emphasises that “researchers are expected to reveal ‘up-front’ the assumptions and perspectives brought to the research” (page 163). 

In the scenario you just discussed, if you were the lead researcher, what values, ideological perspectives and assumptions do you bring that may influence the data collection and analysis you would undertake? 

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