Methodology

Chapter 2
Methodology
This chapter presents the research design, sources of data, conversation partners,
inclusion and exclusion criteria, gatekeeper and ethical consideration, rigors of the findings, and
data explication.
Research Design
Researchers used qualitative research design to analyzes and have more in-depth
understandings of happenings in real world. It gathers the participants experiences, behavior and
perceptions. Qualitative research is a type of social science research that collects and works with
non-numerical data and that seeks to interpret meaning from these data that help us understand
social life through the study of targeted populations or places (Boru, 2018). It is used to
understand underlying reasons, opinions and motivations. It is utilized to uncover stories in
thoughts and ideas and to dive deeper into the story of the café. The researchers focused more on
the story of Cafe in Don Salvador Benedicto, has conducted using the qualitative method, and
the specific approach utilized is the narrative inquiry.
Narrative inquiry is a way of understanding and inquiring into experience through
“collaboration between researcher and participants, over time, in a place or series of places, and
in social interaction with milieus” (Bostley, 2019).
The fundamental goal is to use to describe characteristics of a population or phenomenon
being studied (Roller, 2011). Typically, interviews are conducted with a group of individuals
who have knowledge in the topic. This descriptive design is applicable for all staffs who have
knowledge about the background of Café. This study targets to know the stories behind Café.
More particularly, the aim of this study is to let the individuals to know and be aware of how
Café started.
Sources of Data
Conversion Partners and Inclusion criteria
The conversation partners are the Cafe manager, cafe chef and cashier staff. The first
conversation partner is the cashier staff who works at the café for five years. The second is a café
chef who is a pioneer in the café, he works as a landscaper before the café started its operation.
The third conversation partner is a manager for five years and also a shareholder of the café.
They meet the following inclusion criteria: The interviewee must be of legal age and a staff of
cafe for at least 2 years. Someone who has knowledge in the story of Cafe in Don Salvador.
Data Gathering Procedure
The researchers asked permission to conduct interviews with the staff of a café in Don
Salvador Benedicto through forwarding a letter of approval to the owner. The researchers did not
compose predetermined guided questions but rather conducted in unstructured flow for the series
of interviews to collect data and information out of the knowledge of the chosen informants of
the Café. The information gathered are the sources of the data used in the study.
After the approval of the manager, the researchers asked the conversation partners to sign
the informed consent form to confirm the agreement to the terms and their willingness to
participate. The schedule of the interview depends on the availability of the conversation partner.
The recording was done through the means of audio-recording with the use of smartphones and
the researchers has a power bank and charger to ensure that the battery of the phone will last
until they finished the interview with the staff. One of the researchers also prepared a piece of
paper and a ballpen to write some information mentioned by the conversation partners.
Recording research interviews is an excellent method for capturing qualitative data in thesis or
research and ensuring descriptive validity. The duration of an interview lasted 1 to 2 hours. The
interview conducted in the Café which is located at Municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto,
Negros Occidental from the month of March-May 2023.
Ethical Considerations
The researchers aimed to gather information on the respondents who are willing to
participate and honest through the interview. The conversation partners were asked to sign an
informed consent form to confirm the agreement to the terms of the study required interview and
are willing to participate. The researchers asked permission to the respondents and the schedule
depend on the conversation partner. The identity of the respondents shall be confidential to the
extent provided by the law. The information of the respondents such as name, address, phone
numbers etc. are secured and protected by the researchers. When the study was completed, all the
data and information has been destroyed. The name of the respondents are not used in any report
or publication.
The participation in this study is completely voluntary if the respondents wish to
discontinue the interview the researcher will respect the decision and would quickly diminish the
data that is collected.

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understand underlying reasons, opinions and motivations. It is utilized to uncover stories in

the specific approach utilized is the narrative inquiry.

Narrative inquiry is a way of understanding and inquiring into experience through

in social interaction with milieus” (Bostley, 2019).

The fundamental goal is to use to describe characteristics of a population or phenomenon

Conversion Partners and Inclusion criteria

Data Gathering Procedure

Negros Occidental from the month of March-May 2023.

The participation in this study is completely voluntary if the respondents wish to

data that is collected.

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