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Data Collection

Data Collection. How do actions and reactions of participants shape what is possible, desirable and ethical? What information do I need that will help answer my research question? How can I get the information?. Observing: Why?. To understand context To see tacit patterns

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Data Collection

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  1. Data Collection • How do actions and reactions of participants shape what is possible, desirable and ethical? • What information do I need that will help answer my research question? • How can I get the information?

  2. Observing: Why? • To understand context • To see tacit patterns • To see things others are not willing to talk about • To provide primary experience (instrument of data collection) • To broaden data and corroborate research and participant perspectives.

  3. Observing Social Phenomena • Social interactions • Formal • Informal • Organizational patterns • Tacit rules • Reaccuring events • Lull periods

  4. Types of Observing Instruments • Behavior Mapping • Activity Lists • Interaction Scales • Scoring

  5. Observing: Activities and Actions • Sequence of events • Time • Rituals and ceremonies • Crises • Unplanned activities

  6. Checklists, rubrics, etc. • Start with a self-generated checklist • Revise to reflect what you observe • Provide for new categories • Classroom environment

  7. Activity • Choose a partner and create a tool that could be used for one of the following situations: • Where do people sit in the library? • What procedures are followed routinely when fixing dinner? • Do people tend to watch a softball game alone or in groups? If groups, what kinds?

  8. Material Culture: Documents • Records • Test or Survey Scores • Public documents • Student assignments, products • Plans, journals, logs

  9. Material Culture: Artifacts • Objects • Video • Photographs • Environments

  10. Knowledge Claims • Come from data…. • Data comes first… • Multiple data sets support… • Leave an audit trail….

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