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Qualitative Research Data Analysis

Qualitative Research Data Analysis. Mary Jean Ronan Herzog Ann Alexander Western Carolina University Educational Leadership & Foundations Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Day Waynesville Country Club February 21, 2009 mherzog@wcu.edu aalexander@wcu.edu.

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Qualitative Research Data Analysis

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  1. Qualitative Research Data Analysis Mary Jean Ronan Herzog Ann Alexander Western Carolina University Educational Leadership & Foundations Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Day Waynesville Country Club February 21, 2009 mherzog@wcu.edu aalexander@wcu.edu

  2. The Qualitative Research Continuum Reductive ………………….. Holisitic Structured ………………….Intuitive

  3. Interviews, focus groups, and questionnaires Transcriptions of open-ended interviews or questions Data Form of Data Collection Type of Data • Observations • Fieldnotes and drawings • Documents, portfolios, journals • Notes about documents or scanned documents • Audiovisual materials • Pictures, photographs, videotapes, objects, sounds

  4. Step 1: Collect Good Data • Tape record and transcribe interviews • Take fieldnotes during interviews and observations • Fieldnotes include both observations and impressions • Take or draw pictures during observations • Keep a journal and/or log during the research study.

  5. Levels of Analysis • Whole – Parts – Whole • Data Reduction • Data Synthesis • Data Display • Conclusion Drawing/Verification • Case Analysis • Cross Case Analysis

  6. Analysis is an Iterative Process That occurs During data collection process Immediately after an interview or site visit Simultaneously Continues till the end of the project

  7. Constant Comparison Method Recursive process of: • Comprehension • Interpretation • Deconstruction • Synthesis Glaser & Strauss, 1967

  8. Basic Steps in Analysis • Read and reread raw data • Listen and listen again to the interviews, videos, etc. • Watch and watch again the videos, photos, documents, etc.

  9. Ask: What Jumps Out at You? Look/listen for • Issues • Recurring events • Repetition • Significant statements

  10. Manual Analysis • Write margin notes • Write memos • Cut text into individual segments • Color code • Sort into discreet units • Group commonalities (within and across cases)

  11. Intuitive Dimensions Develop: • Hunches • Hypotheses • Codes • Categories • Conclusions • Summaries

  12. Qualitative Findings Themes Patterns Concepts Insights Understandings Patton, 2002, p. 5

  13. Accuracy of Findings • Referential Adequacy • Triangulation • Member checking • External audit Creswell (2005); Lincoln & Guba, (1985)

  14. Representing Findings • Text • Direct quotes • Comparison table or matrix • Hierarchical tree diagram • Figures and flowcharts • Maps Creswell (2005)

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