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Chapter 7. Qualitative Research: Data Analysis. Analyzing Data. Six Processes data managing reading/memoing describing classifying interpreting representing the result *These steps are not sequential. Analyzing Data. Three Approaches
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Chapter 7 Qualitative Research: Data Analysis
Analyzing Data • Six Processes • data managing • reading/memoing • describing • classifying • interpreting • representing the result • *These steps are not sequential.
Analyzing Data • Three Approaches • Constant Comparative: identify similarities and differences by comparing new evidence to prior evidence. • Negative Case: based on the search for data that are negative or discrepant from the main data collected in the study. • Analytic Induction: identifies regularities, and the determination of an explanation..
Guidelines for Analysis and Interpretations • The credibility of the link between the topic studied and the data used to examine the topic. • Description of the methods used to collect, analyze, and interpret the data.
Guidelines for Analysis and Interpretations • Expressing researcher and participant biases. • Checking data.