Provide a reply / Feedback to another students discussion board post. Here is the original assignment
the student was replying to:
For this assignment, you will craft a qualitative research question pertaining to doctoral persistence and
a set of 5 interview questions. You should write the interview questions according to the guidelines
provided in the presentation located in Module/Week 4: Crafting Interview Questions. You will present
your research question and crafted questions on the Discussion Board Forum for the opportunity for
peer feedback. This assignment is designed to help you to strengthen your research skills and to obtain
better research data.
Here is the students post that you are replying to:
Who you plan to Interview and Why
Two members of the faculty at John Brown University have been emailed to request an interview. The
first person selected is Dr. Kimberly Hadley, the Vice President of Finance and Administration, and also
serves as an assistant professor of business. The second person who was emailed requesting an
interview is Dr. Kirk Jackson, associate professor of accounting. If a timely reply is not received from
these two requests, another faculty member will be selected.
The criteria of selecting a person with an earned doctoral degree for this interview included the
requirement that the person earned their doctoral degree from a Christian university and was also
currently on the business faculty at a Christian university. John Brown University is a faith-based
institution that requires the faculty to sign a letter of faith as a requirement of employment. I serve as an
adjunct accounting instructor at John Brown which provides an avenue for requesting the interview with
the selected faculty members. The second criterion of the persons selected for the interview is to have
earned a doctoral of business from a Christian university.
During the research of the literature review, some of the articles listed faith as a contributing positive
factor for doctoral persistence. The contribution of faith toward doctoral persistence appears to need
additional research and supports two qualitative research questions. The first question relates to the
student’s faith in Jesus as the Lord of their life. The Biblical principle of all this is possible through Jesus
also applies for doctoral persistence. The Biblical principle of God providing the ability to earn wealth
and obtain wisdom are both related factors.
The criteria of the persons identified for the interview, having an earned doctoral degree from a Christian
university, relates to the institution’s contribution to the student’s doctoral persistence. The Liberty
university doctoral human resource development classes stressed the need for a Christian
businessperson to show Jesus to the staff members. A Christian coaching manager can show Jesus in
the way they treat their employees and customers. When a Christian applies Biblical precepts in their
daily business relationships this effectively represents Jesus. A Christian business should stand out in
the community with an outstanding reputation and provide excellent customer experience. A Christian
university should also have an outstanding reputation and provide excellent student services including
Christian guidance throughout the student’s academic career plus the dissertation phase of the degree
completion.
Five interview questions that will Assist in Answering the Research Question
1. What was your time management strategy used to balance your family life, employment, and
time with Jesus that enabled adequate time to complete the required coursework?
2. What strategy was used to manage the stress of your professional employment, family
relationships, and academic demand?
3. How did your walk of faith as a Christian provide doctoral persistence that all things are
possible through Christ including your ability to earn your doctoral degree?
4. How did your relationships with Christian professors at a faith-based institution better motivate
you in the area of doctoral persistence to complete the required curriculum of the doctoral
degree? Specifically, what was the impact of the Christian professor during the dissertation
phase of the degree program?
5. Was there a time while pursuing the doctorate that you were exhausted and considered
dropping out of the program? What area of doctoral persistence motivated you to continue the
pursuit of the degree?
*** HERE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS WHEN PROVIDING A REPLY/FEEDBACK:
Reply to 2 classmates’ threads and offer suggestions for improving the quality of both the research
question and the interview questions.
Running head: RESPONSE 1
Response
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RESPONSE 2
I find the choice of the people you intend to interview and the set of interview questions
appropriate for your research question. I think the choice of the people you intend to interview
and the reasons why meets the research question requirements since the two persons have
doctoral degrees from a Christian-based university. Selecting people who have already earned
the degrees is appropriate since they will provide their experiences from the admission stage
through to dissertation and how they overcome doctoral challenges. However, it is important to
include students who are currently enrolled in the doctoral program to acquire information on the
current challenges experienced and their coping strategies. However, it is necessary to clearly
define your research question at the beginning of your discussion to provide consistency. One
way to improve the quality of your research question is identifying the research objective and
crafting a question that would attempt to provide answers.
Your interview questions are well structured and are appropriate for acquiring
experiences from the two selected interviewees. The first two questions are useful in data
collection since they intended to elicit memories of the participants on how they overcome
challenges during their study period. However, one way to improve the quality of the first
questions in qualitative research is to ask open-ended and straightforward questions to
familiarize the interviewee with the subject. For instance, you can consider phrasing your
question about their doctoral experiences at the University. This would allow the interviewee to
provide unique doctoral experiences and lay a good direction for your second question. The other
way to improve the quality of your interview questions is by phrasing them in a way to elicit in-
depth responses and unique experiences. Also, introducing different open-ended parts in a
question such as in question five, is important (Silverman, 2017). The strategy helps the
interviewee to provide extensive information to each part, which improves the data collection.
RESPONSE 3
Reference
Silverman, D. (2017). How was it for you? The Interview Society and the irresistible rise of the
(poorly analyzed) interview. Qualitative Research, 17(2), 144-158.
