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ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING DATA, NAME: SHARLOT ANDRANGO - Coggle Diagram
ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING DATA
Definition and purpose
Data analysis in qualitative research
Summarizing data dependably and accurately
To find meaning in the data
To answer the “So what?” question
To reflect on two
questions:
Is your research question still answerable
and worth answering?
Are your data collection techniques catching the kind of data you want and filtering out the data that you don’t want?
To avoid premature or early analysis and interpretation
Steps in analyzing qualitative
research data
Is a cyclical, iterative
process of reviewing data
There are three iterative
steps:
reading/memoing,
describing
Reading/memoing
Writing notes
Underlining sections
or issues importants
Describing
To develop descriptions of:
Participants
The setting
The phenomenon
Classifying
In general categories
Field notes
Break down into small piece
These pieces are integrated into categories
General patterns
Data analysis strategies
After review of literature and in the data collection.
Coding
Asking key questions
Who is centrally involved?
What major activities, events, or issues are relevant to the problem?
An organizational review
Analyzing antecedents and consequences
Stating what’s missing from the study
Causes and effects that have emerged
Focus on the vision and mission, goals and objectives
To indicate patterns and meaning in data
Data interpretation strategies
The aim of interpretation is to
answer four questions
What is important in the data?
Why is it important?
What can be learned from it?
So what?
Connecting findings with personal experience
Seeking the advice of critical friends
Knowing when to say when
Share your interpretations
Avoid being evangelical
Ensuring credibility in your study
To check the credibility ask these six questions
Are the data based on one’s own observation or on hearsay?
Are observations corroborated by others?
In what circumstances was an observation made or reported?
How reliable are those providing the data?
What motivations may have influenced a participant’s report?
What biases may have influenced how an observation was made or reported?
NAME:
SHARLOT ANDRANGO