POL 2156 Lecture 10: Lecture 10 - Data Coding
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The analysis process: get to know your data, focus the analysis, categorize, identify patterns and connections within and between categories, interpretation. Step 1 get to know your data. Good analysis depends on understanding the data. For qualitative analysis, this means you read and re-read the text. If you have tape recordings, you listen to them several times. Write down any impressions you have as you go through the data. Also, just because you have data does not mean it is quality data. Sometimes, information provided does not add meaning or value. Or it may have been collected in a biased way. Before beginning any analysis, consider the quality of the data and proceed accordingly. Investing time and effort in analysis may give the impression of greater value than is merited. Explain the limitations and level of analysis you deem appropriate given your data. Focus by question or topic, time period or event: