SSCI 2900U Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Narrative Inquiry, Qualitative Research, Analytic Induction
1 Sep 2016
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Lecture eight, qualitative data analysis, ssci 2900u research methods, june 9th. Analyzing qualitative data from methods like interviews or participant observation is never straightforward. While quantitative research has clear cut rules for data analysis, this is not the case in qualitative research. General strategies of qualitative data analysis: analytic induction and grounded theory. Analysis starts after some data has been collected. Further data is gathered on the basis of that analysis. If a case is inconsistent with the hypothesis, the hypothesis is redefined to exclude the case, or the hypothesis is dropped or fundamentally revised. The researcher continues to gather data until no contradictory cases are found. With each new deviant case found, researchers must choose again between reformulation and redefinition. Because all cases must be explained, the hypotheses generated may be too broad to be useful. Does not provide useful guidelines (unlike grounded theory) on how many cases must be reviewed before the validity of the hypothesis is accepted.
