- Reflect on the overall data-gathering process, including insights for improving the efficacy of the questions and prompts.
- Did the interview questions elicit thoughtful, in-depth responses or did interviewees give simple answers?
- What did you hear that you did not expect to hear?
- Did respondents tell you what you wanted to hear?
- Reflect on outcomes of specific aspects of the data gathering such as listening, body-language interpretation, depth of responses to questions, and analysis of these dynamics.
- Were you asking the right questions about the issue?
- How would you word a question differently next time?
- Did people’s body language indicate they were at ease? Or did body language suggest anxiety or defensiveness?
- What would you do differently in terms of setting the stage for a comfortable exchange of ideas, thoughts, feelings?
- How well did you listen? Were there moments when you did not listen as well as you might have?
- Reflect on personal bias and how it was overcome.
- What have you done to eliminate bias as much as you possibly can?
- Did you gain a better sense of awareness of your assumptions about the issue, stakeholders, or organization? If yes, explain changes in your awareness.
- Did you engage in member checking, participant debriefing, or respondent validation strategies? If yes, explain your strategies and how they worked for you in reducing personal bias.
- Reflect on self-development and improvement of practitioner researcher skills.
- How did you collaborate with others?
- What did you do well and what could you have done differently?
- Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.