Question

what was the question ask by khalil to his senior fellows and what is its response​

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Ok ,so here is another question about qualitative studies. In my dissertation IRB I included the following:

Video recordings of mentor/intern meetings

Virtual focus group meetings with mentors and interns

Individual interviews after focus group meetings as necessary to address unanswered questions from above related to my research questions.

Reflections from interns over the course of the study with specific prompts

My question is, if the interns and mentors do not want to do all the items listed above, is it okay to allow them to only participate in focus groups. If they don't want to do focus groups with other mentors/interns would it be okay to just have interviews with mentor/interns that work together (in pairs). I think some of the mentors are hesitant to participate with others (not sure why exactly other than possibly the comfort level). Do you think this strays too far even if it can help answer my research questions? Should I turn in an amended IRB? I know I will have to rewrite parts of my chapter 3 but I have heard/understand things like this happen in qualitative studies and sometimes you get a completely different set of data than you originally planned for because of what you learn/gain throughout the study. I love the idea of qualitative studies and learning from participants, but I struggle because sometimes I think too much in black/white pictures. I am a "rule follower" of sorts.

Thanks everyone!