Alex's FB550 Research Methods Blog

This is our complete FB550 Research Methods Radio Show.  

Script: Intro Music--- Harris: Good afternoon this is (Wembley weekly) with me Alex Harris Richardson: And me Alex Richardson on today's show we will be discussing and critically analysing our research methods. Harris: That’s right so we had to choose a topic to research and find data to spot trends which supported our hypothesis. Richardson: Yeah, so our hypothesis was ' The home team in the second leg of a champions league tie is more likely to win and go through to the next round than the home team in the first leg'. So, we began researching around the Champions league. Harris: We used mixed methods to collect data for our hypothesis. We used 2 methods of quantitative research which were content analysis and a questionnaire. We then did a qualitative research method in the form of a focus group. Using mixed methods is great for research as you can get both quantitative and qualitative data instead of just one. Other than making the data m...

Appendix 4 Below is our pilot focus group we undertook involving 8 'English Champions League Fans' and our prepared questions.    

Appendix 3 Below is the questions, and (66) responses received from our questionnaire.

The home team in the second leg of a champions league tie is more likely to win and go through to the next round than the home team in the first leg. Data from the 2016/17 champions league knockout stages (Round of 16, quarter finals, semi-finals) out of 14 ties: Appendix 1 Home team in the first leg Home team in the second leg            Won the tie I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Appendix 2: Home team in the first leg Home team in the second leg a)           Won the tie I I I I I I I I I I I I I I b) Won the tie on away goals I c) Teams that scored two or more away goals in the tie and won I I I I I I I I I d) Won the first game but lost the tie on aggregate score I I I I I e) Teams of similar abilit...