Qualitative Interview Project Report

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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PAPER

Qualitative Interview Project Report

Analysis on owning a pet


Anahi Ruiz

ASU School of Social Work



Submitted to Leslie Carlson, SWU 320



Introduction
Besides medical benefits, working with us and helping with daily activities, animals can help us mentally and socially. This project seeks to know if there is an emotional benefit to owning a pet. My two classmates and I have organized an interview that contains six questions for the participants that can demonstrate their feelings about owning their pet. Each of us completed one interview with a pet owner and was recorded with participant’s consent. After obtaining responses, the interviews were prepared into typed-transcripts and discussed among our group members. We then coded and analyzed the data from our three interviews and examined the findings. We have concluded that pet ownership …show more content…

My group members and I selected interview subjects such as, family members or a close friend, and asked if they owned a cat or a dog. If their answer was yes, we then continued and read the introduction and consent to them. If their answer was no, they were not adequate interview subjects for our research analysis. In the introduction and consent we explained the purpose and process of the interview and asked for their permission to be recorded, keeping the information they give us anonymous. In our research we wanted to gain knowledge of individual’s feelings of owning a pet. For example, the amount of time they have owned their pet, their reasons for owning their pet, their impacts, positives, and negatives about their pets. Each interview lasted around 2 minutes and was being recorded with our phones. There were a total of three interviews completed and transcripts were prepared based on the recording for each one of them. My group and I then got together and discussed the gatherings

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