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You will participate as a guest at an interest group meeting in your community to gather data for a qualitative research paper. Once you have located an interest group, contact stakeholders, and explain the purpose of your inquiry. After you receive permission to participate, you will schedule a date to attend the meeting; at which time you will observe the members and document the following for your analysis:
Question 1: How were the people arranged in the physical environment (layout of room and seating arrangement)?
Question 2: What is the composition of the group, in terms of number of people, age, sex, ethnicity, and so on?
Question 3: What are the group's purpose, mission, and goals?
Question 4: What is the duration of the group (short- or long-term)? Explain.
Question 5: Did the group structure its discussion around an agenda, program, or rules of order?
Question 6: Describe the structure of the group. How is the group organized?
Question 7: Who are the primary facilitators of the group?
Question 8: What subject or issues did the group members examine during the meeting?
Question 9: What types of information did members exchange in their group?
Question 10: What were the group's norms, roles, status hierarchy, or communication patterns?
Question 11: What communication patterns illustrated if the group was unified or fragmented? Explain.
Question 12: Did the members share a sense of identity with one another (characteristics of the group, similarities, interests, philosophy, and so on)?
Question 13: Was there any indication that members might be vulnerable to groupthink? Why or why not?
Question 14: In your opinion, how did the collective group behaviors influence individual attitudes and the group's effectiveness? Provide your overall analysis.