Qualitative: During Analysis
Topic 3: Data Analysis
Topic 3: Data Analysis
How do you approach analyzing your data before you display it in Chapter 4? The following are some things to think about. (See the resources page to remind you of the readings and specific procedures for analysis that you learned in Inquiry I and/or II.)
- Quantitative
- Analyzing large scale secondary data sets
- Analyzing closed ended survey results
- Analyzing data generated by tests given to subjects
- Qualitative
- What does it mean to immerse oneself in one’s data to discover what the data have to tell you? For some, immersing oneself in the data means sitting down surrounded by one’s data and beginning to read through it. There is no one right way to begin this process. If you have collected all three data types, interview, observation, and documents, you might begin by reading through one interview. As you read through it, you will want to ask the data questions (see Corbin & Strauss for examples of the types of questions you might ask yourself). You are seeking to understand what the respondent has offered in relation to each individual question posed but also what the respondent is offering throughout the interview. You may do this for each interview separately. You may also start with observation data instead, using a similar process, reading through the observation to discover what the data you have gathered reveals to you, with questions in mind.
- Analyzing interview data
- Analyzing observation data
- Analyzing documents
- What is triangulation?
- What are the ways in which a case study may be presented?
- What does it mean to immerse oneself in one’s data to discover what the data have to tell you? For some, immersing oneself in the data means sitting down surrounded by one’s data and beginning to read through it. There is no one right way to begin this process. If you have collected all three data types, interview, observation, and documents, you might begin by reading through one interview. As you read through it, you will want to ask the data questions (see Corbin & Strauss for examples of the types of questions you might ask yourself). You are seeking to understand what the respondent has offered in relation to each individual question posed but also what the respondent is offering throughout the interview. You may do this for each interview separately. You may also start with observation data instead, using a similar process, reading through the observation to discover what the data you have gathered reveals to you, with questions in mind.
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