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    This chapter outlines the research methodology used in the study. A qualitative research method using interviews was employed to explore women's decisions to engage with alcohol services. The researcher acted as the primary instrument of data collection and analysis through semi-structured interviews. Participants were selected women who used alcohol services. The researcher acknowledged the need for reflexivity to mitigate potential biases. Methods of ensuring trustworthiness including triangulation, thick description, dependability checks, and confirmability were used. Ethical standards such as confidentiality and prior permission were also followed.

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    Chapter 3

    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

    Research design

    A research design means a structure to plan and execute a particular research 1. In this study, the

    researcher used qualitative research method. Qualitative research method was developed in the

    social sciences to enable researchers to study social and cultural phenomena: observe feelings,

    thoughts, behaviours and the belief of the mass society. 2Examples of qualitative methods are

    action research, case study research and grounded theory.3. Qualitative data sources include

    observation and participation observation (fieldwork), interviews and questionnaires,

    documents and texts, and the researcher’s impressions and reactions.4

    For this research, method of interview was employed. Selecting and using interview in

    qualitative research is very important as it helps the researcher to figure out what they think, how

    they feel and what is on their mind. This study aims to gather information received from

    interviewing women who are drinking alcohol and on the exploration of their decision to engage

    in alcohol services. Most researchers in the past conducted quantitative approach. This research

    is dealing with interaction with the respondents and their perspective so it is highly advisable to

    1
    PunchK.F, Introduction to Social Research(London:Sage,1998), 66
    2
    G. Ramesh Babu, Research Methodology in Social Sciences (India:Concept Publishing Company,2008),11.
    3
    Ibid.

    4
    Ibid.
    use qualitative approach. Hence, it will give a more accurate finding since the respondent’s will

    give an honest answer and their opinions through personal interaction with the researcher.

    Role of the researchers

    In this study, the researcher was the human instrument to produce the most accurate result.

    It is important for the researcher to understand that his/her biases might influence the to the

    interviewee. According to Berger (2015) and Cooper (2014), Reflexivity is the awareness that a

    researcher has that his or her background, values, and previous experiences with a phenomenon

    can impact the research process. Therefore, one common way is to approach subjects/

    participants neutrally and keep a journal where you relate your feelings that come up for you.5

    The researcher asked the participants with open-ended questions during the one-on-one, face-to-

    face interview to explore women’s decision in engaging themselves to alcohol services.

    Research participants

    The participants in this study are selected women who engaged in alcohol services as well as the

    researchers who conducted the face-to-face interview. The researcher is also a participant in

    gathering and analysis of data.

    Data collection

    It has been difficult for the researcher to interview women who engaged in alcohol services

    because they want to preserve their privacy as well as their social status but there are some

    women who answered to our invitation to conduct a face-to-face interview based on the

    questionnaire prepared. After the respondents answered the questionnaire, the data were gathered

    5
    https://phdrealities.blogspot.com/2015/04/chapter-3-role-of-researcher-qual-mixed.html
    and analyzed to serve as basis for reporting the findings, conclusions and recommendations of

    the study.

    Trustworthiness

    The trustworthiness and validity of qualitative research depends on what the researcher sees

    and hears. According to Lincoln and Guba (1985) they noted that credibility, transferability,

    dependability, and confirmability are important in establishing trustworthiness.

    Credibility. The researcher used triangulation. Triangulation involves using multiple methods,

    data sources, observers, or theories in order to gain a more complete understanding of the

    phenomenon being studied.6 The researcher utilizes Methods triangulation: This involves

    utilizing different data collection methods in order to check the consistency of the findings.

    Transferability. The researcher used thick description. It is a technique in which a qualitative

    researcher provides a robust and detailed account of their experiences during data collection.7 

    Dependability. Researchers aim to verify that their findings are consistent with the raw

    data they collected. The researcher invited another analyst to examine the process of data

    collection, data analysis and the results of the study.8 This is done to confirm the accuracy

    of the findings and to ensure that the data are supported by the data collected.

    Confirmability. The researcher had a set of clear rules and several controls to help ensure

    following of the rules took place. The researcher used digital and audio recorder to capture the

    interviews to prevent the researcher in adding or excluding data from the interview.

    6
    https://www.statisticssolutions.com/what-is-credibility-in-qualitative-research-and-how-do-we-establish-it/
    7
    Ibid.

    8
    https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss3/art17/ES-2016-8663.
    Ethical consideration

    Ethics is an important aspect in any research. There has to be some basic ethics to be adopted

    in any research. In the study ethics is handled by the researcher by keeping the answers acquired

    strictly confidential. Qualitative researchers are reflective.9 As a researcher the data that we

    collected are filtered within ourselves, it is important that we deviate ourselves from biases by

    adding and excluding data collected. The researchers keep a journal to compare our data, so that

    we can ascertain if our mindset on a particular day impacted the data we collected. Besides, a

    prior permission was taken by the researcher from the target respondents before conducting the

    research.

    9
    https://programs.online.american.edu/msme/masters-in-measurement-and-evaluation/resources/ethical-
    considerations-in-qualitative-research

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