Racism in Australia Research

The Main Focus of the Research.

The purpose Mellor's study was to enhance the research of racism In Australia employing qualitative methods to look into a variety of racism experiences, claimed by indigenous Australians. This research concentrated on an individual Aboriginal subgroup: the urban Aboriginal residents of Melbourne, who call themselves as Koori people. Despite the fact that it is more than 30 years from the time when a referendum among the White population gave acknowledgement to Aborigines as citizens, they continue to struggle to claim their place as the first residents with their own elaborate cultures and spiritual connection to the land.

The Methodology Used.

"The sample size was determined by redundancy, that is, the sampling and data collection continued until the data collected were repetitive and further sampling and data collection were deemed unlikely to provide additional insights" (Mellor,D. 2010,475).

Overall, 34 Koories, 18 were interviewed with the age ranging f from 18 to 58 years.

The major data for this research were taken from stories obtained by means of in-depth

interviews. In-depth interviews were selected to gain access to the contextual abundance of the participants’ experiences. The intention was to offer the participants the chance to explain the experiences that they saw to be racist, to enable them to specify their statements and to dwell on their explanations. The taxonomy was based by initially examining the data for themes and then coding the data to those topics. Eventually, each theme area was researched for sub-themes and the data re-coded to these sub-themes. "This process was reiterative and was subjected to a number of measures to ensure its trustworthiness” (Mellor,D. 2...

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...ence was, or it may be obscure, baffled, or even forgotten. On the contrary, particular events may be overstated because of political advantage or personal preference. For this reason quantitative research’s transferability is better than that of the qualitative research, considering that there are no statistical tests for significance in qualitative work. Rather, the evaluation must depend on the experience and decision of the scientist to keep clear of errors. Moreover, traditionally qualitative methods yield information only on the definite cases examined, and any broader conclusions are only hypotheses. Quantitative methods can be used to verify, which of such hypotheses are true.

Works Cited

Mellor, David. Contemporary Racism in Australia: The Experiences of Aborigines, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, SAGE, 2010, p.474-486