Prior to conducting a grounded theory, in which eleven women undergoing radiation for breast cancer were interviewed multiple times,

Question

the researchers conducted a pilot study in which they interviewed three women every two weeks from the time radiation was planned until four weeks after it was completed. The purpose for the pilot study was to refine the interview instrument and to discover whether women would be willing to be interviewed this frequently about such a private topic. The pilot was not published separately, and the institutional review board application indicated the researcher's intent to include information in the research report about what going through the process of radiation therapy was like for the three pilot study women, in addition to the eleven main study women. In this case, if it were not included in the method section, where would the information about the process of going through radiation therapy obtained from the pilot study women be included?
a. Introduction
b. Results
c. Discussion
d. Appendix

Answer 1

ANS: B
If the research project included a pilot study, in the methods section the researcher will briefly describe the planning, implementation, and results obtained from the pilot study. Any changes made in the research project based on the pilot study are mentioned here. However, data analysis in qualitative research occurs concurrently with data collection. In addition, analysis of an interview's data may result in additional questions being asked in subsequent interviews to confirm or not confirm initial interpretations of the data. Because of this, information related to the phenomenon and obtained in the pilot phase may be included in the results section.