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Chapter 18 Reading and Writing the Qualitative Research Report

Chapter 18 Reading and Writing the Qualitative Research Report. A qualitative study is not complete until the research report is written Researcher analyzes data and writes the analysis in back-and-forth reflective steps Writing the report is part of developing the interpretation of the data.

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Chapter 18 Reading and Writing the Qualitative Research Report

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  1. Chapter 18Reading and Writing the Qualitative Research Report • A qualitative study is not complete until the research report is written • Researcher analyzes data and writes the analysis in back-and-forth reflective steps • Writing the report is part of developing the interpretation of the data

  2. Characteristics of Qualitative Research Reports • Author is a guide • Helping the reader move through unfamiliar interaction • Helping the reader see familiar interaction in a new way • Does description and analysis increase readers’ understanding of how humans construct and share meaning?

  3. Parts of theQualitative Research Report • Introduction • Summary of the literature • Description of data collection and analytical techniques • Report of the interpretation and analyses • Implications of findings • Future research

  4. Presenting the Core Idea or Question • Introductory premise to frame what follows • Provide explanations • Why researcher was in this particular setting • Why this setting is important or interesting • Begin with dramatic quote or field note • Or, begin with more traditional literature review

  5. Writing about the Method • When/where the fieldwork was conducted • Extent of researcher involvement in the interaction environment • Detailed information about the participants, context, and scene • Steps and methods for analyzing the data • Extent to which data were triangulated

  6. Revealing Identity of Participants • Keep your agreement about confidentiality and anonymity with participants • May need to develop fictitious names • Sometimes must go beyond simply changing name of people, place, and organization • But do not camouflage an identity so that it is misleading

  7. Presenting the Data • Because qualitative research produces abundant data –need to judiciously edit data to a manageable amount • Decide what to tell and how to tell it • What is the basic story? • Who will do the telling? • Authorial voice?

  8. Authorial Voice • Realist • Author narrates in third person; author almost absent; conveys the view of those observed • Confessional • Researcher is present; written in first person to reveal researcher’s point of view • Impressionist • Liberal use of metaphors, imagery to tell the story

  9. Writing Style of the Critical Scholar • Foregrounds perspective of disadvantaged or marginalized groups • Exposes inequalities and injustices • Describes contradictions

  10. Criteria for Evaluating Writing • Is your manuscript • Well written and engage the reader? • Effectively address multiple audiences? • Present credible and interesting data? • Ethically and politically accountable? • Does your manuscript include • Reflections on your role? • An invitation to participate in the interpretation?

  11. Organizing Patterns • Sequence of events • Good for ethnographies • Critical points • Across a number of cases • Order of importance • Major to minor • Minor to major

  12. Quoting Participants • Using quotes strengthens analysis • Provide frame of reference for quote • Interpret all quotes • Find balance between quotes and your description and analysis • Short quotes are better than long ones • Use only the best quotes

  13. Drawing and Supporting Conclusions • What decisions can be made given the descriptions and analyses presented? • Closing paragraphs • What has been attempted? • What has been learned? • What new questions have been raised? • Consider statement of personal reflection

  14. Revisiting Your Analysis • Analytical skills are related to writing skills • Accuracy and exactness • Economical • Conclusions should be consistent • Conclusions should ring true • Framework apparent to reader • Explain as much of the data as possible • Heuristic and fertile

  15. Finishing theQualitative Research Report • Title • Eliminate “A Qualitative Study of . . .” • Title page • Abstract • Overall objective of research • Brief explanation of research method • Brief summary of results

  16. Using the APA Style Manual • Citing others’ work • Direct citation • Indirect citation • Creating the reference list • Complete alphabetical list by authors’ last names • Includes all literature cited in the report • Accuracy

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