Critical Evaluation of inquiry tools

I have used inquiry tools for my investigation, then I have analysed and compare inquiry tools to decide which tool can be most suitable for my inquiry task.

However, as every researchers can see that every tools have advantages and detriments.

As I explained on my observation blog, also by inquiry handbook that, observation is most common inquiry tool in dance, as dance is a part of performing arts and researchers need to see the practical side of it.

Interview is very personal, so, if researchers investigate only in practical side of performing arts, this tool is possibly not as important as other tools.

Survey is useful tool, however, not necessary for practical side of investigation.

To me, I found observation most useful in dance to evaluate participants behaver and events.
However, it is not the matter of which tool is most useful for researchers, what I have noticed by using tools is when researchers use all the tools right, researcher can see the participants and events in 3D. I think, it is very important for researchers to know how to corroborate these tools right, and as handbook suggests, we all need to learn what is the necessary questions and what is not in every tools. Other wise, it waste researchers and participants time.

For example, as Sophie suggested me on my blog  interview does not have to be a time consuming tool, only if researchers know exactly how to use the tool and to know how to function every tools to maximum potentiol.
However, we are all practitioners and we all learn from the experience; try and error.
I took quite a long time with my participant at first, however, by the third person, it got faster as I got the rhythm of it and started to understand more, also because I got tired too.

SIG became very handy and useful too, however, as I mentioned on my blog, if same specialists talk about their field of profession, it seems often discussion goes only one direction, we can only talk from our point of view. It is a useful tool, but if researches look for fresh answers or different approach to the inquiry, researchers need to take the question to different, new SIG.



Survey provides answers to researchers,

Observation provides practical side and bigger picture,.

Interview provides opportunities to know the participants as a person,

A good example is the audition.

1, Research by checking dancers CV,
2, Observe the dancers by audition,
3, Interview to check who they really are as a dancer, as a person,
4, Discuss and have a meeting with Special Interest Group to decide which dancers are suitable for the company and evaluate the dancers value from their point of view. SIG in this case is like board of directors and teachers of the company.