Author Archives: Winston Allen

Chapter 13 Summary

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Qualitative Analysis  Qualitative analysis is the analysis of qualitative data such as text data from interview transcripts. Analytic and integrative skills Personal knowledge of data collected Grounded Theory  Interpreting recorded data about a phenomenon to build theories about said phenomenon Interpretations are grounded in gathered empirical evidence Eliminate bias and let data speak for itself Open Coding – method of… Read more »

Research Method – How Will I Do This?

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As I outlined in my Research Methodology post, I have switched gears a decent bit and will be looking in to how women have been affected in leadership roles within the A10 Conference and why exactly that is. I will be looking more closely at leadership positions like Athletic Directors, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Media/Content Creator, and Coaches just to name… Read more »

Research Methodology – Women and the effect of Title IX

I have largely changed my course over the last couple of weeks – I initially began asking questions regarding how athletes as a whole have been negatively effected by Title IX (related too much to my own bias). Upon doing some more in-depth research, I have discovered that it would be appropriate to ask some more specific questions and slightly… Read more »

Presentation

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Presentation1 Abstract: I read Playing but Losing: Women’s sports after Title IX. It first began by speaking on the positive of Title IX in that many women and females across the country were immediately afforded so many athletic opportunities across the country at the high school and collegiate level. The idea of the legislation in the first place was to… Read more »

Chapter 12 Summary

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INTERPRETIVE RESEARCH General Summary This kind of research is more about theory-building i.e. the researcher usually starts with data and facts and then uses it to construct a theory This type of research often calls upon qualitative research methods but can still utilize quantitative Different from positivist methodology in that those methods typically begin with a theory and then test… Read more »

Research Questions Regarding Title IX and its Negative Effects on Athletes in the Atlantic 10

My research Questions: To begin with context, I am first seeking to learn about how NCAA Title IX has negatively effected student-athletes in the Atlantic 10 athletic conference. This is the same conference that the University of Richmond competes in for all sports other than Football. Title IX was instilled as an attempt to equalize men’s and women’s sports so… Read more »

The effects on Title IX in Collegiate Sports

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A few years back, Title IX was imposed by the NCAA in an attempt to equalize the number of male and female collegiate athletes. I am first proposing a survey regarding opinion on whether it was morally correct to eliminate sports and athletes from pursuing their passions because of this and then further that surgery with research and acknowledgment of… Read more »