SOCECOL 194W Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Qualitative Research, Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software, Grounded Theory
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Chapter 11 - analysis and interpretation of qualitative. Focus on what data to analyze and interpret, and whether it could an understanding of your research question. Analysis: discerning what the data say; interpretation: what you think it means. Creating metaphors: what you think might be going on in your data. Wringing memos: (cid:373)a(cid:396)k up te(cid:454)t (cid:271)(cid:455) highlighti(cid:374)g (cid:449)hat is i(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)t; a (cid:449)a(cid:455) to (cid:396)efle(cid:272)t o(cid:374)e"s data and verbalize how categories are connected. Importance of description: to get a closer picture of data in order to build theory. Literal codes): assig(cid:374) a la(cid:271)el o(cid:396) (cid:862)tag(cid:863) to pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)t"s (cid:449)o(cid:396)ds; a way to organize data. Categorical code: group descriptive codes into a general category of meaning that goes beyond being a descriptor. Analytical codes: capture a broader range of meaning beyond describing your pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)t"s spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ities o(cid:396) (cid:396)a(cid:374)ge of spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) e(cid:448)e(cid:374)t the(cid:455) (cid:396)elate to (cid:455)ou.
