Kimathi Conducted a Case Study That Included a Series of Interviews.He

question 7

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Kimathi conducted a case study that included a series of interviews.He knows that he should describe his research methods in sufficient detail that someone else could replicate his study exactly,so in a section titled "Methodology," he includes all of his interview questions,and all accompanying follow-up probes,in a lengthy table.Which of the following pieces of advice is his advisor most likely to give him for revision?

• A)keep all the questions in the table,but exclude the follow-up probes.
• B)describe the purpose of the interview and how it was conducted in the method section and put all the questions into the appendix.
• C)include only sample questions in the method section but put the full interview protocol in an appendix.
• D)include only the interview questions that led to significant results.

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