1. Avoiding Bias in Research
In qualitative research, topic choices are sometimes based on personal investment and a
desire to solve a known problem rather than a desire to add to the scholarly knowledge of
the issue at hand. Our humanness can have positive and negative impacts on the
effectiveness of our research designs. Now that you have watched a discussion about
addressing bias in research topic development, reflect on the potential for bias in your own
topic development and describe how you might counteract it.Provide your organizational
issue and purpose,( The area of interest was chosen because there is a shift in higher
educational institutions globally, from the use of traditional face-to-face presentations to
online and hybrid sessions.) including as many specifics about your sources of data and
collection methods as you can. Include questions you would ask in a focus group or
individual interviews to gather information to answer your research questions and identify
the roles of the interviewees. Suggest possible literature review topics or theories.Then,
answer the following questions:What are your views on this topic, problem, sample, and
research site?How might your views create a bias in planning, conducting, and
reporting research?What strategies might you take to avoid imposing your bias on the
proposed study and findings?
