overweight, and someone who is not, to create a potential foundation for how the mind may need to be influenced to change the size of the body. It also shows how dieting is affecting women who are struggling with their weight and why another theory truly needs to be developed. Taking women who are in emotional distress and offering them a temporary solution that often makes them feel the same or worse at the end, does not seem like an effective way to help this population. This research can become the foundation to test new theories towards weight loss from a complete different perspective than before Limitations of the Study Although we do the best as researchers to minimize limitations, my research certainly has its limits. For one, part of the sample was drawn from my own personal connections. I posted my research proposition on social media, emailed all my contacts, and personally asked people to participate. This always creates a slight bias, as these participants are part of a connection to me. However, the majority of the participants came from a website for researchers and were, therefore, not a connection to me. Another limitation in my research is also linked to the sample. The sample size consists of 42 people. This is not a massive sample, although for grounded theory it’s quite normal. It is, however, always nice to have a large sample in which to draw theories from. Lastly, a limitation in my research comes from the interpretation of the data. I chose to interview participants and then code the data using numbers and letters. During the coding process, I read the responses, and when an answer was similar, I would assign the appropriate code. Being that the responses were not multiple choice, I was required to interpret the responses and choose the appropriate code. While I feel that I did this accurately, there is always the
overweight, and someone who is not, to create a potential foundation for how the mind may need to be influenced to change the size of the body. It also shows how dieting is affecting women who are struggling with their weight and why another theory truly needs to be developed. Taking women who are in emotional distress and offering them a temporary solution that often makes them feel the same or worse at the end, does not seem like an effective way to help this population. This research can become the foundation to test new theories towards weight loss from a complete different perspective than before Limitations of the Study Although we do the best as researchers to minimize limitations, my research certainly has its limits. For one, part of the sample was drawn from my own personal connections. I posted my research proposition on social media, emailed all my contacts, and personally asked people to participate. This always creates a slight bias, as these participants are part of a connection to me. However, the majority of the participants came from a website for researchers and were, therefore, not a connection to me. Another limitation in my research is also linked to the sample. The sample size consists of 42 people. This is not a massive sample, although for grounded theory it’s quite normal. It is, however, always nice to have a large sample in which to draw theories from. Lastly, a limitation in my research comes from the interpretation of the data. I chose to interview participants and then code the data using numbers and letters. During the coding process, I read the responses, and when an answer was similar, I would assign the appropriate code. Being that the responses were not multiple choice, I was required to interpret the responses and choose the appropriate code. While I feel that I did this accurately, there is always the
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