kwa m I respect old people, I don't argue with old people. Very, very good. Very fine to nashkuru mungu. Yes, thank you. Uwe ume kuja uredi usha vaya rumba. Ya, nime vaya rumba su na jua mungu wa kikwele keza maali. Maali mitu muneza sa idiana. Una jive kele. Position yourself. Kavisa. Ya. Of course, of course, we all know kumba nini ni marafiki wa DJ1, size 8, and that's what we are made to offer. Urafiki wa nuliyanzi yagawa? Nomba, mama ase me kwanza manaki urafikawu ni umeanza kitambo, kama nanimbate. Ya. Mini me jua more for 15 years. Okay. More akiyanzaku train kama DJ. Those are the years that I met him. Nani maona growth ya ke from way, way back before. Awe kikuja nanali net. All through to right now they have two amazing babies and now they are groundbreaking. I'm so happy for them. Ya. Yes. So, size 8, kumikuja kwa marafiki through DJ Mo for the fact that he ae ni BB ya DJ Mo. Yes. So, we'll introduce you. Mimi na mama tu mejiwa na mekakume kwa hiwa kwa hiwa mekakume ni mejiwa mo, lakini, before hiwa ni mijiwa kama msa ni. Tuko za kujwa na hili ya sasa family friends and everything. So, you truly jua na within these 10 years you tu kakunao family friends. Ya. What are some of the amazing things that you have done for your family? Kwa za ni yongi kama mwa name kitu chamuimon bachu ni menoutu niku jipanga. Ini familie me jipanga na as the head of the house aki jipanga ina manisha definitely the entire house ita kwe me pago vizuri. So, ni miwa na kuna taratibu flan ni amba kona yo atoki fota growth yao. Ikona, na how do you kwa kiku inspire na kutupushu sana PCC? Kwanze mamu e ujensi na ni so kuna mpangiliyo. Chamuimon mpangiliyo. Ya zas the greatest thing beside from anything else kuna mpangiliyo amba wako na yo nitu kafika. Pa kama na mpangiliyo, kuna witu zingini wezi ya achive. Bisa hard work. I've noted hard work from way way back on Mo aki wa DJ, aki mkakwenda in TV. He used to have a vision and he let her kwa marriage, lineage night na umjueng ya be push Mo to be the best man he can be. So hard work yao. They never sleep wezo pata home. Wawa mkangi ya ni. Neku supuma. They push and push and push and that's what I want to tell guys. Just don't sit there and expect that God will do something in your life. You combine God and hard work in your kitu ikuja itok leze. So for me, what I've gotten from them is hard work. They are hard workers. They are on a work. Wow. And of course, we use it for you. Ah, shugulietu ya ujensi in TV. Wasasa atwezi takaku usema tukwapi. Muimutunge penda kusema tulianza na nashkuru mungu kwa every progress ya ituna. Tukona yao. We will keep updating people in our new project that is Jenga Nasi. Chuta keep to keep you update. Kuna project li Jenga tukwana Jenga Shoshiyangu tulima leza but hatu kweza kukapcha step by step because we realize we are inspiring a lot of people inspiring a lot of people. So we will be taking people step by step from groundbreaking, evil processing, breakdown, what do you need. We will be doing that an entire thing. Kwa kwa sasa atwezi kupatia a particular point because hatu jafika point of update. Tukwana points of update as we continue to Jenga. So once we get to the point of update we will definitely call you guys and update. But one thing for sure yes, God bless us with the land at a very prime place. We don't take it for granted at the yes for true. We did groundbreaking as you saw and the project is ongoing and we thank God for that. Yes. And you guys have actually been doing this only through content creation? Yes. A hundred percent. A hundred percent. If you work hard in your content creation like the way you guys work sometimes nimona kama munga iblia mekuwa moneing watching her stories somewhere else doing something and then na fika pana patalisha fika you guys don't sleep sometimes I was landing from Zanzibar all of you were actually at the airport and it was very late so everything is hard work. Don't sit there and expect something to do. So here content creation page. And also what I'll add from content creation all of us are able to earn something small from whatever gig we are having how you plan yourself biliuna panga kumiyako ita diptama insana na vinyemaisiako ita kuwa because we got to a point and decided we have to purpose to invest and save for a particular thing na we are urging young people even new content creators ila shingiki kidogo na pata usidarao 600 meterosha bag mojiya bag batuki kula neza kula baga pade vizuri sana neza kula kuku vizuri sana nasi semi uskule kuku kule yo kukula kini what I'm saying is adaptersaving culture because every project that we have done anything that we get we have a saving culture so ni kidogo kidogo akunasiku tu me kama katuka pata tu mapesa kidogo kipata kumi tanotuna weka na iwunditu meza kwa kwa everything that we have we encourage young people to adapter saving culture it will save their life you and Mili of course most of the time na kuga pamojiya na create content pamojiya and someone would be wondering I'm chokiku kaka pamojiya people would say he ni meka naisa na baka na boeka how do you guys manage to keep yourselves bad with relationship inu badu iko inter sisi lupa na kama best take kwanza kulu kuna ili o best take I used to love just hanging around him because he is silly you get to laugh a lot you get to simbela TV silly damzo kuhikara teka uchizi so I really enjoy that first part of us being together throughout and then another thing we've learnt if we there any time we maybe kwa kwa sana any time we try to be separate things don't grow tunaparatu me stagnit so tu kuji kwa jua two is better than one ina tu sa idea sana ina wa growth ata ku plan we go in unison and with that it has really really really really helped us for me I would say when it works don't break it so it's working as being around together each other yes because it's off day wachani zeme muna tunangapa moje it is really working we have been kuna siku tu meka kando kua muda na wakati segemnege segemnege ika toke and you know you realize she's my friend she's my only true friend and I can count on her other friends but kuna wale na miniya kwa witu flani wuna mimiya sana lakini piya mimi kama mzewa nyu mba ni kuna siku zango I have my off days and aga na hangout na boys na hangout na people, my mentors and everything so but we encourage people to be together as you kaita make sense you wana jwa tu you know wanome meka sana bibi ya kia wana nika mtu wa mekaliwa but it's for your own good I don't know how long it will take you to realize that but the mini to realize it is for your own good na ni wana witu mingi I've seen a lot of good things being together understand and I face the other world when we were not together so I'm safe of being there all the time because I'm just trying to think like some of the time kuna tokiaga some online drama inginewa mefanya kitu ya mefanya kitu how do you guys manage to you know to deal with it in our fiktigi relationship in one way or another ah personally me in effect in the officiatu officiatu ni online venyem tu amaziwa wama muka wana enda kuchu amaziwa wuki beli ga soko wana pute amaziwa te miaribika kastoma mekutusi na mefanya ni ni and then again wazifraisha kila mitu you understand atam tu ice cream asimanga if you want to make people happy wuza ice cream but atam tu ice cream watua kuna sensitivity tu ampendi watua asimawa ampendi jwa yubaridi but the best thing is understand where you are and if you understand your purpose you focus for ile kikuna kitu me ku leta apa kama wayali kama btg kama plug tv kama nani konsumenta ibo kuna kitu me ku weka so wuki loose focus because of what other people are saying because people people distract people nai elewa mitu atasema kitu kukasirisi wukose kwa muka utengin as a content but since we are used we have been here for me have been here for over 10 years in the entertainment industry nini sija skia nini ni uja nitu si nini ni sija tu siwa nene elewa so I have a purpose ile si kuna nili papasi angu ni nini kwa industry natu kajua sisi kama content creators the rest is side show never stop at every backing dog atu ya mese maho bonangu ni bebe handbag sasa iyo nimbaya watua kipenana right after kwa kubbe handbag by the way just look for you as a kubbe handbag for now to bebe handbag ok this one relationship advice you guys wish you knew before you guys started dating like insaimu nasim ah chunge jua ii atatabab datungu kwa mbalikido kwa iya neza se maha ke minda say compromise see communication compromise compromise is everything unambiwa nga sii uki iolewa o time mama rusi mingunas sii for communication communicate mimi angu nili changing my see to compromise always look compromise there actually just compromise I can't even explain miangu ni as a man is be open I've seen out of experience kuna witu mingu ni kwa nimem feature na zikakuja zika wambaya zika aribu but wakati ni anza kwa open up ina kwa ni kitumzuri with a good example kuna familiar una kutaba mtu ali kufa nambiangu babenu ali kuna wiki lakini a kwa yambia mama eni so you end up being poor yet your father had properties so I learned to be open with her anything simu yangu akuna password in case of anything god forbid nia ina mwachi ya na najiwa na mwaminia she will be able to take my children and also my property on that issue ya thank you very much for that on that issue ya semu kuma kuna bebea kuna bebea na handbag kibbe ali anza kuita kanudia na ni kibbe wa cheli kwa mokweli we are not talking about kibbe I'm not going to make a video I'm not talking about kibbe I'm not going to make another episode about how old is kibbe I respect old people I respect old people I don't argue with old people ni kama anko yangu so she is takanim kuseshi anko yangu he is older than I believe and I give senior people respect I don't want to stand here and disrespect him because I don't know I don't know what he does but I want to respect him kama my elder brother so I can't stand here ni anze kutusi my elder brother ni seme weinim jinga o unaongia jika mamutotom dogo o tafta kazi o siju unafanya ni ni America wa tu wa jui ni unafanya America you know I don't want to stand ma maapa ni seme o wacha kutusi tu kukenya tu miyama kutulia wacha tu fanya kazi saki ni kaya apa ni kana mkuseshi ma atwenim tumzima tafta kituya ufa ni wenda san because he is like my elder brother and I respect him so much whatever he call me I don't know ali ni ita ali seme ibo kuni ujiyama kuna miyakanga enu mi suju kitu unafanya but kitu unafanya ni sawa kama mimi kuni tu si ama wewe kutu tu si inamlipa ama inamlea maaliako ni sawa ni kind America tamtafta tukai chinit kuni uchai so tamtafta tukai chini as my elder brother ania advice ania what should I do but pia kitaka advice a relationship neza mombia because young make up for 10 years mi suji kama kukua relationship mombia mawe ni mata I hope she don't give back kuna checkana fitina kafukusui kuna mashabiki kuna mashabiki they've been holding it down since the one for you and for Millie talk to them ongeni na for those who have been I normally love to to talk to the people especially who have been criticizing me I love critiques because they have made me any piece of art that I bring kuna watwa na criticize ina nipianga you understand ina nipianga different thought line because kwa ni besiangu tani support ani kifanya kitia ojingu tani support but I love people who critique me we take critique positively wo tai leta negatively but we'll take it positively for us to you know better our art so we I like to thank so much my critiques I have my mentors I won't mention I have my support system my wife I have a production team I have my fans my family my online family in everything that we do maombi ideas na musichokena sisi mwendele kutumbea because this safari is space to our day ones I call them gang gang you are the truest thanks so much for we don't take it for granted we love you so so so much keep supporting us kia musiutu kimaliza karakia papa fredi inarudi li karakia papa fredi di kwe mianda api alodi at deona clip ina loading in a very big way thank you so much for guys waiting misi jwe inta ilunchi api but I don't think I'll be in the country because ani sasahi in the so once I premium but it's coming very soon and you guys are gonna love it gape na sanangashikuru thank you so much thank you so much


This is the SF Productions podcast network It's time for the FTPCB summer playhouse From the pop culture bunker. I'm Mindy and I'm Mark You can check out our audio podcast how I got my way free comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network dot com So we're now in the middle of summer. Yes, and the TV broadcast networks have brought out their summer series There are like mini series or ongoing that reappear each summer along with more reality and game shows Yes, some of the shows that are out there ABC has the whispers this spooky thing Astronaut wives club. Yes. We have mistresses coming back Rookie blue coming back Celebrity family feud and battle bots coming back for a second time from the 90s. Yes CBS has the briefcase under the dome Extent both coming back zoo and the perennial big brother although extant has been changed quite a bit apparently Yeah, not that we're gonna watch the second season of that NBC has the island Aquarius. Welcome to Sweden. Amazingly coming back for a second season and I can do that We have on Fox wayward pines and boom Not quite so much summer programming on Fox. No, so the broadcast networks traditionally closed up shop on Memorial Day Returning on Labor Day essentially putting out a sign saying gone fishing. We're done They really just showed reruns and in a way that was kind of nice for some viewers back then You know 20 years ago. We didn't have these serialized stories So if you missed a show you could catch it in reruns during the summer and you didn't have a thousand different ways to Get it. Yeah, you if you missed it when it was on you might have caught it in a rerun And that was the only way you're ever gonna ever gonna see it, right and They kind of gave up during the summer because they had no competition There was kind of a gentleman's agreement among the networks of okay. Nobody put on anything new But people didn't really watch as much television during summer So it took them years to realize that cable and now the internet was eating their lunch It was now competition. Yeah, because what they've now found is a great deal The audience goes to cable in the summer and then a lot some of them never come back to the traditional broadcast So However, there are some Examples of what were then called summer replacement shows Early television use the summer to burn off failed TV pilots So it was not good enough to bring up in our schedule, but it's good enough for the summer In programs such as CBS summer Playhouse and vacation Playhouse, but don't you wish they did that now sometimes? I really wish they did and in fact some networks have actually tried some cable networks have tried to kind of bring this up There was I don't know if trio is still around. I think it's gone. They probably rebranded 15 times But at one point they were taking failed TV pilots and showing them as an ongoing concept Then in the late 60s in the early 70s There were a number of variety shows that didn't translate well into reruns or the stars didn't allow Reruns in their contracts right said no, you're not showing this a second time So the networks ended up with a lot of slots to fill because there used to be a lot of variety shows So summer variety replacements were created These were designed to run during what was then a very short period between seasons keep in mind in the early days of television Some shows ran 40 weeks of new episodes a year. Yeah And then it got whittled down to about 26 in the 60s and that continued up and through about the 80s And now you're lucky to get 20 So the idea was to get a show that was either a good But not too good Because you didn't want to annoy the regular shows hosts the stars that had their regular fall shows or Be good enough to become its own regular series kind of a stepping stone, right? Dean Martin had a long running variety show from 65 all the way to 74 Although by 74 he was basically and morphed it into the man of the hour roasts format And his company produced a number of summer replacement shows Ronan Martin got their first shot in 1966 and a summer replacement show They were a big hit and of course they later got laughing in 1968 a 1930s themed show was created kind of based on old Broadway and and movie theater Musicals and it was called the gold diggers and some of those girls ended up as Oh the ding-a-ding girls the ding-a-ding sisters coming on a day on Dean's show So we then had the Bobby Darren amusement company and a lot of these shows had just goofy names in 1972 He actually got a second summer season in 73, but he died soon after that second season Dean Martin's comedy world 1974 presented comedy acts from around the globe Clips from Monty Python were shown their first appearance in the United States and The show the production company converted the show the Python shows from UK's pal format, which is separate format This is all gone because of digital now, but in the analog days It was a completely incompatible format to what you saw in the US Which allowed those shows to be easily sold to PPS later. Yep So Dean Martin was indirectly responsible for Monty Python success. Thank you Dean. Yeah Replacement shows often came from someone with a top 40 hit at the time. Yes, many of which became one hit wonders So here are some of those shows The Sonny and Cher comedy hour in 1971 which started as a summer replacement for the venerable Ed Sullivan show With such a hit they got a regular series along with later a divorce and later separate series Mm-hmm, and when they split up their replacement was Tony, Orlando and Don 1974 classic example of a one-hit wonder Later tried to run the show during the regular season, which was also a pattern. It didn't survive I remember watching Sonny and Cher and Tony Ireland. Oh, yeah, absolutely Yes, the Jerry Reed when you're hot you're hot hour 1972 based on his one hit A replacement for the Glen Campbell good time hour Glenn got his start on the Smothers Brothers as a summer replacement back in 68 I can't say I remember either Jerry Reed or I know who Glenn Campbell was I remember watching the Glen Campbell good time hour because that had become a like a regular fall series The Ken Berry wow show 1972 Mary Berry RFD had just been canceled despite being in the top 20 And this is all because of the rural purge Which was this concept where CBS had the hugely high ratings and then these Demographers came in and said you're not getting the right audience. You're getting old rural audiences that don't spend money So they cleared out all their rural shows that was referred to as the rural purge and So baby RFD was just one of those shows that got cut out So he needed a job fast because he was like, you know, I'm gonna have next season You know, I have a certain standard of living what I don't have a job anymore. Yes Joey and dad 1975 I wish I had seen this a Summer replacement for shares solo show after they got divorced Uh-huh a bizarre concept Joey Heatherton Bob Hope regular and showgirl along with her real dad Ray Who was on a 50s kids show As a variety team Here's the weird part at one point Monty again money python the dead parrot sketch was read almost verbatim by Pat Paulson from the Smothers Brothers and Sherman Hemsley of the Jefferson. Okay, that might have been interesting It ran for four whole weeks and then it was what play so you actually replaced a summer replacement By the Manhattan transfer in 1975 a jazz singing quartet, which also flopped in four weeks. Okay share Supposedly blames those two shows failure to force her to get back with Sonny to give another variety series Where they truly and visibly hated each other as opposed to the bit they used to do with a night in each other Now they hated each other and you can see it Shields and yarn L 1977 who doesn't love mimes Everyone a married couple and mine performers It actually became a hit and was brought back as a mid-season replacement that quickly died I do remember that show as well and as a result the couple broke up and then never made it as solo acts Because again mines right the Starland vocal band show 1977 another one hit wonder afternoon delight Along with a few minor comedians you might have heard of like David Letterman and Michael Keaton were both Bit players on this show Weren't they like writers who were sort of also writer writer performers. Yeah, yeah So that's something I think you can actually find little bits on YouTube somewhere of this Just a trot show which had these two huge would soon be huge performers So with variety shows possible of making a comeback because you've got Neil Patrick Harris Getting a show this fall. Yeah, could shows like this be making a comeback probably not. I don't think so And so if you do, you know, they do make a comeback, but you don't want to watch them instead You can check out our audio podcast how I got my wife to read comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network.com from the pop culture bunker. I'm Nadine and I'm Mark. Thanks for watching


Welcome to Considering Your Sample, part of the research and assessment cycle toolkit offered by the Association of Research Libraries, and made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. This presentation is part of a module that focuses on collecting data, evidence, input, or other information for library assessment projects. It describes populations and sampling for library assessment projects, including sample sizes and types. We hope the content is useful to library practitioners seeking to conduct assessment projects. At the close of the presentation, you will find a link to a feedback form. Please let us know what elements were useful to you. Once one has selected a method that elicits the information necessary to address an assessment focus, question, or problem, a next step is to determine the sample of participants to engage in the assessment process. To think this through, it's helpful to consider assessment populations and sampling generally, weigh various types of sampling strategies, identify a workable sample size, and anticipate possible response rates. First, let's address populations and sampling generally. A population for an assessment project is the total number of individuals or cases that conform to a preset criterion or description that defines the issue under study. It's possible to apply an assessment approach to an entire population if the population is small enough to include everyone in the assessment, or when there is such diversity in the population that sampling of any kind would skew results. If, for example, an assessment project wanted to learn about the needs of every faculty member in a small department, then a reasonable attempt could be made to include the entire population. This is an example of a population being small enough to include everyone in the assessment. When such a situation is not the case, the population is used to draw a study sample from. For instance, a study focused on transfer students entering in a given term at a large institution might need to use a sample rather than a full population, given the large number of students involved. Thus, sampling is the process of making a selection of participants from a total population. In order to do sampling, it's ideal to have access to a sampling frame, or a list of all units, or usually individuals, in a population. Typically, this is a source of data, or list, from which a sample can be drawn. In any situation in which individuals are being drawn from a larger population as a sample, there is a possibility of bias. Many strategies for selecting a sample are intended to decrease the likelihood of bias, but an awareness of how bias can be introduced into a sample, and therefore a project, should be top of mind for library assessment practitioners at this stage. Once a decision is made to use a sample rather than a population in a study, the next decision is to determine the best and most appropriate sampling plan for a particular study. There are two major types of sampling, random sampling and non-random sampling. Let's take a look at each of these two types in a bit of detail. In a random sampling scenario, the goal is to have assessment participants that are representative of all the characteristics of the population as a whole. Strategies for this approach attempt to ensure that every member of the population has an equal probability of being included in the assessment. In sampling, the intent is to ensure that the actual participants are indeed a random sample. To achieve this intent, it's important to be hands-on. If left to chance, chances are that the sample will not be random. In other words, if participants are allowed to self-select or are drawn from, say, library users found in the physical library, non-randomness is introduced. Some people are more likely to volunteer than others. Selecting from individuals in a particular physical space already deselects those who aren't likely to be there. And unless that is by intent, that is, the population is space users at a particular time, then such a practice would result in a sample that is very unlikely to be a random sample of a more general population. There are a variety of ways to achieve a random sample or some version of sampling that is considered an approximation of a random sample. To achieve a random sample, a sample frame of an entire population is necessary. Then each individual in the population would be assigned a number, and random numbers could be selected until you reach your desired sample size. Using a formula designed for this purpose or a random number table is standard practice. Some approximations of this process are often used, though they do not truly yield random samples. For example, in systematic sampling, selection could begin anywhere on a list of individuals, and then every ninth, fifteenth, or some other number individual might be selected until the desired sample size is reached. This approximates random sampling, but is not the same thing. With stratified random sampling, a population might be divided into groups, and then random sampling would be applied within each of those groups, usually taking either the same percentage from each group or the same number from each group. This is also not true random sampling, and every decision made in this process, how to form groups, how many to take from each group, influences results, and can introduce bias. Cluster sampling is similar to stratified random sampling and may be used if no sampling frame is available. This is often associated with sampling from various geographical areas. The decisions made here can also strongly bias the process and results, and again, this is not truly random sampling either. Non-random sampling is often used when representativeness is not an issue. Such cases, which can happen quite often in qualitative studies, but also in quantitative ones. Judgment is used to select respondents who are likely to be able to inform the assessment project due to expertise, experience, or other criteria. Let's look at a few varieties of non-random sampling approaches. Oftentimes, in practical assessment, a sample of respondents or participants is selected because they're there. In other words, an assessment might happen using individuals in a space or at a particular event. An assessment might be distributed to those who are easy to access, separate from some other plan for sampling. These samples can be called a variety of terms, convenient samples, accidental or haphazard samples, availability sampling, etc. Another non-random approach is quota sampling. In a quota sample, someone, perhaps the assessment practitioner or some other decision maker, decides how many people with specific characteristics to sample. An example might be X number of faculty from each academic department. In purpose of sampling, an assessment practitioner might deliberately choose respondents or participants based on advanced knowledge of their characteristics. And so each respondent is selected on purpose for particular reasons, typically at the individual level. Three other non-random sampling methods include snowball sampling, self-selected sampling, and incomplete sampling. In snowball sampling, initial participants suggest others who may be willing to participate in the assessment. Self-selected sampling is what it sounds like. Participants volunteer to be included in the assessment. And incomplete sampling can refer to a variety of kinds of incompleteness, such as when individuals in the sample do not participate, or the sampling frame was not a complete census of the population. Once a sampling approach is determined, and there are many others beyond those shared in this presentation, a next step in informing the sample is determining an appropriate sample size. This process varies depending on the type and approach of the project at hand. There are a few things to keep in mind when considering how to decide upon an appropriate sample size. First, generally speaking, the larger the sample, the more likely it is to be representative of the population as a whole. Of course, larger samples are also more resource-intensive to solicit, manage, and analyze, so a large sample is not always possible or desirable. Second, if a particular assessment project seeks to attain statistically significant results at a particular confidence level, this will impact the size of the sample. And third, sample size tables are incredibly helpful tools in determining the size of a sample and understanding the implications of the sample size for a particular study. In general, consultation with statistical resources and personnel is advisable in advance if a library assessment project seeks to demonstrate statistically significant results to help assessment practitioners think through or double-check the intricacies of the sample selection and decision process. Having said that, some general reminders are in order. First, sample size decisions should ensure that small numbers of outliers won't skew results, while simultaneously seeking to ensure that all characteristics designed to be studied are present enough in the sample not to be overlooked or ignored. This is a balance that requires careful consideration. Second, there are many general principles regarding sample sizes that should be examined before adoption. Some general rules suggest 15 participants per variable, others a minimum of 30 participants, or for surveys a minimum of 100 for each major subgroup surveyed. There are, in fact, so many so-called rules that one should dig into the needs of a particular assessment design before prematurely deciding on a sample size according to a rule, because the implications of the rule might not be fully understood initially. Third, whatever the sample size is, non-respondents should be factored in mindfully. If a certain number of responses is required and not all of those invited will respond, there's a calculation to be completed in determining the number of participants to invite or elicit. And fourth, and this is true regardless of sample size, it's essential to pilot test assessment strategies and approaches. Given the work that goes into proper sampling and design, one does not want to discover halfway into a project that there are problems that a pilot could have revealed upfront. It's worth pointing out a few additional ideas related to sample sizes that are specific to qualitative research. Oftentimes, qualitative approaches seek to gather complex, detailed information to understand a situation or population rather than come to generalizations. In these cases, sample size calculations designed for studies seeking to generalize don't necessarily fit. As a result, setting a sample size for a qualitative study can take a different approach. Some of the criteria for determining sample size in this case focus on saturation, or the point at which no new information is being uncovered, and the overall purpose of the sample. Is the sample designed to elicit a maximum variety of perspectives, extreme experiences, or is it a snowball approach that's part of the design? Any of these or other purposes will necessarily impact the development and construction of a study sample. Finally, in considering a sample for an assessment project or study, response rates must be configured into the overall calculation. In general, response rates are often not what a library assessment practitioner would like them to be. This can be a result of the distribution or communication of the assessment instrument or event, assessment fatigue, unreasonable expectations of participants, or disbelief of potential participants that engagement will lead to benefits or change. When a response rate is so low as to diminish the validity and or utility of an assessment project, this problem needs to be thoroughly understood and reported. To not do so is to fail to recognize bias that may have been introduced into the process and results, which could ultimately negatively impact the validity of decisions or actions based on the study results. 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Patriot Prime Reviews is a channel for adult collectors and may not be suitable for children under 13 years of age. Viewer discretion is advised. Hey, what's going on guys? Patriot Prime here once again with another video. But before I get started with the subject of this video, I want to give a huge shout out to my sponsor toyhacks.com. Toyhacks is a company that provides upgrade decals for modern transformer figures along with reproduction decals for the vintage ones. While visiting Toyhacks, make sure and check out the Toyhacks Armory to see their line of Transformers weaponry in multiple colors. And toy stages for awesome display backdrops. Each purchase from Toyhacks earns you Robocents that you can use for future purchases. You can check your balance anytime in your cart. Toyhacks is a company run by collectors for collectors. So make sure and check out toyhacks.com and tell them Patriot Prime sent you. Now, on to the review. The featured box in this video is 1988's Generation 1 Firecons. Now, the Firecons hitting the shelves in 1988 meant they arrived a little too late to appear in the Transformers animated series. Though they did appear animated in their television commercial along with the Seacons and Sparkabots. The Firecons made their first appearance in Marvel Comics in issue number 46 where it was shown that they were Decepticon prison guards on Cybertron. And they only appeared in a couple of panels and never in their alt mode, only in robot mode. Now it was later said in issue number 80 in a situation report that Cinder saw here had accidentally incinerated his fellow Firecon brother, Spark Stalker. So that's pretty much it for the history of the Firecons in the fiction. Now let's take a look at these mediocre toys with a fairly cool gimmick. And welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. In their alt modes, the Firecons are a little weird. They're based on mythological or fantasy creatures and we'll start things off by looking at Flame Feather first. As you can tell, he's some sort of bird monster. And surprisingly, these guys have some really great molded detail. You can see the feathers all along the head sculpt. The beak looks really good. You got the eyes right there. Feathers along the legs down here for the feet. You see the claws, the wings. You can also see feathers right there. So really, really cool looking beast mode. Now articulation, he's G1. There's not much articulation. The arms go up and down and the legs go back and forth. And that's pretty much it.  It'll unsnap right there and bring the legs forward.  And there you have Flame Feather in robot mode. And these guys are not much to look at. That's all you got. You got a fairly decent G1 head sculpt right there. Very square, yellow face, yellow painted eyes with a blue helmet. You can see the arms are decent molded. You got some fists right there.  So there you go. That's robot mode for Flame Feather. No articulation whatsoever unless you move the legs. The arms are stuck in that static pose. So now let's take a look at Cinder Soar. Now Cinder Soar is the only one of these guys that has been re-released in newer lines as an upgraded figure. You had the 2010 Botcon Cinder Soar, which is a repaint of, I believe it was Armada Megatron, Armada Beast Megatron. Then you had the 2013 Bot Shots Cinder Soar. And then you had the Titan's Return Cinder Soar, which was a repaint of Dinobot Slash. So Cinder Soar, once again, lots of molded details. And I really can't tell if this is supposed to be a reptile or a wolf monster. And neither could the artist from the UK. He was portrayed as a wolf monster and a reptile. So lots of nice molded details, pretty decent paint applications. It's got a horn right there on his nose, spikes there on the back. Got some spikes on the tail, some molded... Like I said, you can't tell if that's fur or scales. Articulation, the exact same as flame feather, arms can move back and forward, legs can move back and forward. Transformation, basically the same too. Bring the tail back, unsnaps right there. Bring the legs forward. Take the back section and fold out. Now mine is a little stiff. There we go.  Fold the arms down. Tail all the way up. And there is flame feather in robot mode. Now I do like his robot mode better. Excuse me, there is Cinder Soar in robot mode. I do like Cinder Soar's robot mode better than flame feather. The colors just work a lot better. Face sculpt, about the same. It's a square head, green face, green eyes. Got the arms right there with the molded in fists. Same deal with the legs, beast leg and back. Robot leg in the front.  His legs move forward. And that is it. I did put a Decepticon insignia on his chest. Don't know why I didn't on flame feather. So anyway, there is Cinder Soar. Next up is my favorite. This is Spark Stalker. I just think this guy looks so cool. He's some kind of reptilian insect. He looks badass. I love this one. This is so cool. I like the mandibles with the beak right there. He's got these weird claw manus arms. Not really a lot of sculpted detail on this one though. He's like a very smooth insect like creature. Wings. Kind of look robotic on this one. Opposed from the organic look of the other two. Now articulation on this guy. Same thing arms up and down. Legs back and forward. So now let's go ahead and get him transformed. Exact same transformation. You'll see his tail. He's got a forked tail. So yeah, really like this guy. So bringing the tail back. Now his tail for some reason doesn't have the little snap section. So not sure why that. Bring the legs down. Spread the wings. Fold the head back. Move the arms down. And there we have flame feather in his robot mode. Another very plain looking robot. Square head. Blue face. Blue eyes. Molded in arms. Molded in fists. And articulation. The legs. That is it. So yeah, not much to write home about with the robot mode. But I do like his. So now let's take a look at the Firecon gimmick. So the gimmick with the Firecons is that you roll them along the ground.  So you kind of get them in this position here with the legs back. The arms forward. That way you can roll them across the ground to activate the gimmick. I'm not sure if this will work or not. I know out of the three I have. This one here was the only one who sparked. So let me go ahead and turn the lights off to see if we can get any type of sparking action going on. Alright, so let's see what we got. Just kind of roll him along the... I don't know if you guys... Yep. There we go. He's sparking a lot better than he was earlier when I tried him out. So yeah, that's how these guys work. Of course, I'm sure when he was brand new, he sparked a lot better. And those are like a cold spark.  But I do think it's pretty cool that that still works. And now for some quick size comparisons. Here's the 1988 Generation 1 Firecons with Generation 1 Megatron, Titan's Return Cyndersaur, and Kingdom Verda Break. The 1988 Generation 1 Firecons are great examples of some weird transformer toys that took advantage of those late 80s gimmicks. I can only imagine how fun these figures were back in the day. Now, when they came out in 1988, I kind of outgrown transformers, so I didn't get to experience these fresh out of the package. But man, I bet the kids had a blast playing with these guys on the floor, just shooting those sparks out with their imaginary battles. Unfortunately, they're just not great transformer toys. The beast modes look okay, but the robot modes are garbage. So there you go guys, the 1988 Generation 1 Firecons, Flame Feather, Cyndersaur, and Sparkstalker. So, do the 1988 Generation 1 Firecons belong in your collection?  Other than that, these are an easy skip. I mean, the gimmick's cool, but it's really hard to find these guys that still work over 30 years later. I was really surprised that old Sparkstalker here worked as well as he did. As I said in the video when I tried him out before I started filming, I couldn't get him to spark at all, so he really surprised me. So yeah, I mean, if you want him, I think you can still get him fairly cheap on eBay, but other than that, they're an easy pass. Now guys, if you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like, don't forget to subscribe, and don't forget to hit that bell icon to get notified when I upload new videos. Also, if you're in any position to help out the channel, I do offer channel memberships here on YouTube, and I want to give a huge heartfelt thank you to all my current members because it's support like yours that helps keep this channel growing. Once again, guys, this is Patriot Prime, signing out.