Module 5 section 2

Question 1

General considerations :qualitative analysis

Answer 1

• data in the form of text, written words, phrases, or symbols describing or representing people, actions and events.
• stats are rarely used here

Question 2

3 majr challenges associated with qualitative research

Answer 2

1. the absence of systematic rules for analyzing and presenting qualitative data
2. the enormous amount of work required to organize data
3. difficulties in reducing the data and reporting purposes

Question 3

Qualitative analysis styles

Answer 3

1. template analysis style
   -developing a template to organize the data
2. Editing analysis style
   
   • researcher acts as an interpreter who searches the
     data for significant segments
3. Immersion/Crystallization style
   -researcher becomes totally involved in and reflects on
   the data

Question 4

Qualitative analysis process

Answer 4

1.Comprehending
-attempts to make sense of the data, this process is
done when saturation is complete
2. Synthesizing
-sifts through the data and tries piecing it together
3. Theorizing
-involves the systematic sorting of the data
4. Recontextualizing
-theory is further developed and its applicability to other settings or groups is explored

Question 5

coding scheme

Answer 5

• is a method for organizing qualitative data.
• useful for classifying and inexing qualitative data
• reads through data and identifies underlying concepts

Question 6

Coding Qualitative data

Answer 6

• involves 2 simultaneous activities
  
  1. Mechanical data
  2. Analytical categorization of data into themes
• difficult process

Question 7

Analytical procedures

Answer 7

-involves putting segments together into meaningful conceptual patterns

Question 8

General Analytical Overview

Answer 8

1. search for themes or recurrent regularities, often develop in categories
2. themes are validated to determine whether they accurately represent the phenomenon
3. researchers strive to put the thematic pieces together into an integrated whole

Question 9

Ethnographic analysis

Answer 9

• begins at the time the researcher enters the field
• continually looking for patterns in the behaviour and thoughts of the participants
• comparing one pattern against another and analyzing many patterns simultaneously

Question 10

Phenomenological Analysis

Question 11

descriptive phenomenology

Answer 11

-researcher seeks common patterns by identifying essential themes

Question 12

3 approaches to analyzing phenomenology

Answer 12

1. holistic- viewing the test as a whole and grasp it’s meanings
2. Selective- pulling out key statements and phrases that seem essential to experience under study
3. Detailed- analyzing every sentence

Question 13

Grounded theory analysis

Answer 13

• data analysis is facilitated by using constant comparative method
• researchers summarize their results and key findings from the data in the form of conceptual maps or models

Question 14

Constant comparative method

Answer 14

-research collects, codes and analyzes data at the same time
-2 types of coding in grounded theory :
1. open coding- researcher is trying ti capture what is
going on in the data
2. Selective coding- researcher only codes those
variables that are related to the core variable

Question 15

Theoretical coding

Answer 15

• involves putting the broken pieces of data back together