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Center which offers training for facilitation and doing onsite event research. Without their help I

doubt I could mobilize enough of the collection process to complete this effort.

Research and Findings Set-Up

The findings of my study are based upon on the methodologies I applied to gather

information. The results section states the findings of the research arranged in a logical sequence

and is without bias or interpretation. In this section I will review the findings that resulted from

the data collection, interviews, coding and category development described in Chapter III.

For this research qualitative methods, specifically grounded theory, was appropriate,

because it is particularly suited to uncovering the meanings people assign to their experiences. It

is an attempt to understand them in the Metasphere: what it means for participants to be in that CC

setting, what their experience is like, noting their perspective in that particular time. Understanding

the meanings CC participants assign to their experiences will help me to identify, both individually

and collectively, the theoretic constructs that confirm, disconfirm, or extend the principles and

their applications, appropriate for utilizing Community Conversations to their greatest potential.

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