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WRITTEN SOURCES OF DATA

WRITTEN SOURCES OF DATA. Consider: The original intention of the document; The reasons for/causes of the documents; The intended outcomes of the document; The interests of the writer; The original agenda of the document; The original audience(s) of the document;

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WRITTEN SOURCES OF DATA

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  1. WRITTEN SOURCES OF DATA Consider: • The original intention of the document; • The reasons for/causes of the documents; • The intended outcomes of the document; • The interests of the writer; • The original agenda of the document; • The original audience(s) of the document; • The status of the document; • The original context of the document; • The style/register of the document;

  2. WRITTEN SOURCES OF DATA Consider: • The ownership of the document (e.g. the researcher, others’); • Does the researcher personally know the author(s) of the document (i.e. relationships)?; • Was the researcher present in the events reported (i.e. researcher effects)? • How close to/detached from the participants is the researcher? • What do we need to know in order to make fullest sense of the document? • How to analyze and use the document.

  3. WRITTEN SOURCES OF DATA(Hammersley and Atkinson, 1983) • What does the document say about the writer? • How are the documents written? • How are they read? • Who writes them? • What is included? • What is omitted? • What is taken for granted about the readership? • What do readers need to know to make sense of them? • Validity and reliability are significant problems in many documents.

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