Unit 13: Analysis of Qualitative Data

Question 1

quantitative analysis

Answer 1

is less formulaic

Question 2

qualitative analysis is difficulty due to

Answer 2

1. there is no universal rules for analyzing and summarizing qualitative data/ diff to prove validity
2. is enormous amount of work required. must organize through narrative work
3. reducing the data for reports

Question 3

analysis styles for qualitative data

Answer 3

> > template analysis type-develop a template a category and analysis guide for sorting a narrative data
editing analysis style- act as interpreters who read through texts in search of meaningful segments. researchers develop a category scheme and corresponding sides that can used to sort and organize the data
immersion/crystallization analysis style this style involves the analyst’s total a immersion in and reflection of the text material, resulting in an intuitive crystallization of the data

Question 4

the qualitative analysis process

Answer 4

process of fitting data together of making invisible obvious, of linking and attributing consequences to antecedents 
four cognitive processes
-comprehending
>synthesizing
>theorizing
>rexontextualizing

Question 5

qualitative data management and organization

Answer 5

-developing a category scheme
» a category system or template is sometimes drafted before data collection
-coding qualitative system
»after category scheme has been developed the data are then read int heir entirety and coded for correspondence to the identified category
- manual method of organizing qualitative data
» develop conceptual files
- computer programs for managing quantitative data

Question 6

analytic procedure

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data management in qualitative research is reductionist in nature because it concert large masses of data into smaller, more convenient units
> analysis of narrative data to identify prominent themes and patterns among the themes

Question 7

theme

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is an abstract entity that brings meaning and identity to a current experience and its variant manifestation
themes emerges from the data

Question 8

general analytic overview

Answer 8

themes
validation
weave the thematic pieces into a integrated whole

Question 9

quasi statistic

Answer 9

a tabulation of the freq with which certain themes or patterns are supported by the data

Question 10

analysis of ethnographic data

Answer 10

beings the moment the researcher sets foot in the field 
looking from patterns in the behavior
maps, flow charts, organizational charts are also useful analytic tools that help to crystallize and illustrate the data being collected
12 step
1. locating an informant 
2. interviewing an informant
3. making an ethnographic record
4. asking descriptive questions 
5. analyzing ethno interview
6. making domain analysis 
7.asking structural questions
8. making a taxonomic analysis
9. asking contrast questions
10. making componential analysis 
11. discovering cultural themes
12. writing the ethno

Question 11

domain

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which are units of cultural knowledge, are board categories that encompass smaller categories

Question 12

taxonomy

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a system of classifying and organizing of a domain and the relationship among the subcategories

Question 13

phenomenological analysis

Answer 13

three method colaizzi, giorgi, cankaam

Question 14

colaizzi

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1. read all protocols to acquire a feeling for them
2. review each protocol extract significant statement
3. spell out the meaning of each significant statement
   4 organize the formulated meanings into clusters of themes
4. integrate results into an exhaustive description of the phenomenon under study
5. formulate a description in as unequivocal a statement of identification as possible
6. ask participants about the finding thus for a final validating step

Question 15

giorgi

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1. read the entire set
2. discriminate units from participants’ description of phenomenon being studied
3. articulate the psychological insight in each of the meaning units
4. synthesize all of the transformed meaning into consistent statement regarding participants

Question 16

can kaam

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1. list and group preliminary the descriptive expression
2. reduce the concrete, vague and overlapping expression of the participants to more descriptive terms
3. eliminate elements not inherent in the phenomenon being studied
4. write a hypothetical identification and description of the phenomenon being studied
5. apply hypothetical description to randomly selected cases from the sample
6. consider the hypothesized identification as a valid identification and description once preceding operations have been carried out successfully

Question 17

paradigm

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are strong instances of concerns or ways of being in the world
>paradigm and thematic analysis can be enhanced by exemplars that illuminate aspects of paradigm or themes

Question 18

grounded theory analysis

Answer 18

two major approach

1. glaser and strauss
2. strauss and corbin

Question 19

glaser and strauss

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constant comparative method involved a comparison of elements present in one data course with those identified in another
> FIT is a concept that process of identifying characteristic of one piece of data and comparing them with those of other data to determine whether they are similar
to sort and reduce
> used to conceptualize data into patterns or concepts
conceptualized through substantive codes
>theoretical codes provide insights into how the substantive codes relate to each other
>open coding used in the first stage of analysis, captures what is going on in the data
> level I,II,III codes specific-broad-abstract

Question 20

core categories for GT

Answer 20

is a pattern of behavior that is relevant or problematic for study partcipants

Question 21

selective coding

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which can also have three level of abstract, code only those data that are related to the core variable

Question 22

basic social process (BSP)

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which evolves over time in two or more phases

are core variables, but no t all core variables have to be BSP

Question 23

nine glaster criteria

Answer 23

must be central
must reoccur
take more time to saturate than other categories
relates meaningfully and easily
it has clear and grabbing implication
considerable
completely variable
it is a dimension of the problem
it can be kind of theoretical

Question 24

theoretical codes

Answer 24

process: stages, phases, passages, and transition
type: kinds, styles and forms
Strategy: tactics techniques. and maneuvering
cutting point: boundaries, critical junctures, and Turing point
the six C: causes, context, contingencies, consequences, covariances and condition

Question 25

memos

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preserve ideas that may initially not seem productive but may later process valuable once further developed

Question 26

strauss and corbin GT method

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analysis differ from the original S and C method, with regard to method and outcomes
core category, central theory which is the main theme of the research
>problem must emerge from the data
three types of coding open, axial and selective

Question 27

open coding for GT theory for S and C

Answer 27

data are broken down into parts and compared for similarities and difference

Question 28

axial coding

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the analyst systematically develops categories and links them with sibcategory

Question 29

selective coding

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is a process in which the finding are integrated and refind