The Diamond Ranking Method: The Deterpose Of The Diamond Ranking Methods

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For this research project I decided to ask two of my neighbours who are in high school. I enlisted them by going to their house one day after school. I visited them at their house and explained my research project to them and their parents. I gave them a leaflet and one for their parents and asked if they had any questions. Before I left I asked them to contact me via telephone or e-mail if they were interested in participating in the research project. Once they contacted me to say they were interested, I visited them again at their house. I thanked them for agreeing to participate in the research project and I gave them the informed consent forms, one for them and the other for their parents. We then discussed when the research would take place. We agreed to meet after school at my house. I asked if they had any questions and they did not so I left and reminded them to bring the signed informed consent forms on the day of the research. I considered Maria and Bob appropriate for my research because they are both in high school and live in Rexdale. I also wanted to have a male and female participate in the research so Maria and Bob made this …show more content…

The purpose of the diamond ranking exercise is to explore children’s views on issues that are most important to them (O’Kane,2008, p. 141). I used the diamond ranking method, to understand what factors are important to my participants in terms of their future career. To conduct this method children are given statements and then they must rank them by most important to least important (O’Kane,2008, p.141). For my research project some of the statements I gave my participants included: salary, interests, job availability, holidays and location. It was interesting to see how my participants ranked these statements., in particular what they felt was most important and least important. I think this method provided valuable information for my research

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