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Please locate and share an example of a qualitative research study where you believe that the researcher's objectivity may have been at risk while doing fieldwork. Please also share how you would have specifically improved the implementation of this study so as to minimize or mitigate such potential researcher bias.

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http://polisci.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/people/u3827/insightsAndPitfalls.pdf
http://poli.haifa.ac.il/~levi/pmcollier96.htm

Selection bias is a significant barrier associated with qualitative research because of the subjective nature associated with qualitative fieldwork and studies. The researcher is both the instrument of data collection and data interpretation. In addition, the researcher must become immersed in the ...

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