Assignment 2

Qualitative Research Critique

ALife After Winning Gold:Experiences of Australian Olympic Gold Medalists@

1. What was the purpose of the study?

2. According to the second paragraph, what have researchers ignored in terms of the players= lives?

3. What does Kreiner-Phillips and Orlick (1993) argue for?

4. Why did the authors place this statement into the paper?

5. Which theoretical model is used to guide the data collection or study?

6. Why did the authors use qualitative methods for this research project?

7. What is the demographic data that is reported about the participants?

8. Why is the number of willing participants reported?

9. Why do the authors describe the interviewer in such detail?

10. What are member checks? Why is this done?

11. How is the data categorized (hint: last paragraph on page 122).

12-13. Give two examples of a lead-in question that the interviewers used.

14. Give an example of a raw data theme that related to a positive Olympic experience.

15. Give an example of a higher order theme that related to a positive Olympic experience

16. Give an example of a higher order theme that related to a negative Olympic experience.

17. Which was cited more, negative themes or positive themes?

18. Pick one negative general dimension and discuss why this would be important information for a future Olympic athlete to know about

19. What is the Tall poppy syndrome?

20. Describe how this study is similar to past qualitative studies with elite performers.

21. According to the authors, what are two main limitations of this study?

22. What is recommended for future research?

23. What is hoped by the researchers?

This paper is Due February 13. It is worth 20 points and must be typewritten.