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Primary Research Report

The topic of the research is to find the effect of a Gap Year on the performance of the student. The research question that is being used for this essay is, “what is the relationship between a gap year and performance of students?” and, “what is the relationship between a gap year and performance of students in PSU Abington?”

The research method that will be used is text analysis because the topic is fitting in qualitative research rather than quantitative. The method was initially intended to be an interview, but because of the current predicament caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, it would be challenging to do it in person. The text analysis method will analyze the response of the students that will be answering the questions posted online. It is not like a survey because in a survey there is a very limited range of answers. On the other hand, the post would allow the students to answer the question and comment on their perspective on the questions asked from them. I want to know about the effects and consequences of taking a gap year in PSU Abington. I want to know the relationship between a gap year and the performance of the students in PSU Abington. It would also be used to understand if gap years are productive or not for the performance and confidence of all students, and should the idea be promoted or not.

The targeted participants of the research will only be university students. This will allow my research to have an experimental variable; students who took a gap year, and also a controlled variable; students who did not take a gap year. They are specifically chosen because they directly relate to the topic. I will be creating a blog with all the questions and would allow the students to answer those questions with any additional comments. The following are the questions; why did you take a gap year in PSU Abington? Was it your decision or not? What did you do during your gap year in PSU Abington? Has it been helpful? Do you think, the gap year changed something about you? How is your performance different from before in PSU Abington? Are you more prepared for your practical life now? Would you recommend a gap year to others in PSU Abington? How do you think it is your academic performance compared to others who didn’t take a break? What do college admissions officials think of gap years in PSU Abington? Was it hard to transition to college after a gap year? in PSU Abington?

To analyses the responses of the questions and data collected, I will be using the inductive method: Data are collected relevant to some topic and are grouped into appropriate and meaningful categories; explanations emerge from the data. This will allow the research to have more clarity in its content analysis, as the categories will most likely be shown as a table. A good number of participants for a more authentic result would be a hundred. Out of each of the hundred responses, the top 5 questions will be analyzed and portrayed in the table for data analysis. The categories will include, number of students who are have taken a gap year, number of students who were forced to take a gap year, number of students who consider the gap year to be helpful, number of students who regret taking a gap year, and number of students who would recommend their juniors to take a gap year. To show the trends of the answer, the content of the table will be further discussed and analyzed in forms of percentages of answers to the most relevant questions of the text analysis.