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CHAPTER 17: Qualitative Data Analysis - Coggle Diagram
CHAPTER 17: Qualitative Data Analysis
Qualitative Analysis in Perspectives
provide ways of discerning, examining, comparing and contrasting, and interpreting meaningful patterns or themes
meaningfulness is determined by particular goals and objectives of the project at hand
Processes in Qualitative Analysis
Data reduction
forces choices about which aspects of the assembled data should be emphasized, minimized or set aside
Data Display
can be extended piece of text or diagram, chart or matrix that provides new way of arranging and thinking about more textually embedded data
Conclusion, drawing and verification
Conclusion drawing
involves stepping back to consider what the analyzed data mean
to assess their implications for the questions at hand
Verification
linked to conclusion drawing
entails revisiting the data as many times as necessary to cross-check or verifies these emergent conclusions
Formats for Analysis
Thematic analysis
analyzed by theme
Content analysis
code by content
Discourse Analysis
pattern of the speech
Judging the Quality of Quantitative Analysis
Broad consensus concerning the qualitative analyst's need to be self aware, honest and reflective about the analytic process
all of the qualitative research is in some ways craftmanship
Processing The Data
Think about the data from the moment you start to collect the information
Judge the value of your data
interpret the data so that we can gain understanding of what is going on
undertake the mechanical process of analyzing the data
Practical Advice in Conducting Qualitative Analyses
Start the analysis right away and keep running account of it in your notes
Involve more than one person
Leave enough time and money for analysis and writing
Be selective when using software packages in qualitative analysis