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Combining quantitative data obtained from convenience and panel sampling : a case for avoiding waste in data collection efforts in entrepreneurship research / Bronwyn Eager.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eager, Bronwyn, author.
- Series:
- SAGE Research Methods. Cases.
- SAGE Research Methods. Cases
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entrepreneurship--Research--Case studies.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Quantitative research--Case studies.
- Quantitative research.
- Stress (Psychology)--Case studies.
- Stress (Psychology).
- Burn out (Psychology)--Case studies.
- Burn out (Psychology).
- Businesspeople--Job stress--Australia--Case studies.
- Businesspeople.
- Entrepreneurship--Australia--Statistical services--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019.
- Summary:
- This case presents an overview of the challenges and issues I experienced when conducting a quantitative research program using survey-based methods to explore stress, coping, and burnout in Australian entrepreneurs. I focus on discussing data collection modes, namely, how I recruited participants through convenience and purposeful sampling (i.e., non-contracted data) as well as outsourcing participant recruitment to a panel management service (i.e., contracted data). Issues arose after statistical analysis showed that non-contracted and contracted data differed significantly, and as such could not be considered a single sample. The implication of this was that data from multiple sampling modes could not be aggregated for the main analysis. An a priori power analysis indicated that the number of participants in the non-contracted sampling group was not sufficient to obtain a desired level of statistical power to detect significant interaction effects in later analysis and these cases were subsequently abandonedrepresenting wasted efforts for myself and participants. In this case, I reflect on the research design, data collection, and analysis process and highlight several complexities associated with collecting data from entrepreneurs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on XML content.
- ISBN:
- 1-5264-6809-3
- 9781526468093
- OCLC:
- 1084561843
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