Qualitative Data Analysis Outline Qualitative data why and

Qualitative Data Analysis

Outline Qualitative data – why and what? Analyzing qualitative data QDA with Word QDA software Your data 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Getting data How often do you eat fast food? (every day/ a few times a week/ once a week/ rarely) How often do you eat fast food? Tell me about your eating habits. Let’s eat! 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Planning your research What is the context of my research? What do I want to know? What data will help me answer my questions? 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Observation Form of data Framework for collecting data Potential problems Techniques for collecting 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Graphic data - 1 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Graphic data - 2 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Interviewing 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Documents - 1 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Documents - 2 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Coding “Grounded theory” (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) Coding = labelling Where do codes come from? 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Looking for patterns Core concept(s) (frequent and connected) Memos Sorting Relations between codes/concepts 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Models Concept maps Processes Categories Dimensions 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

MS Word Search (CTRL+F; Shift+F 4) Coding with formats (bold, italics, font, size, colour) Insert comments Collect quotations (Find formats, copy and paste) 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

QDA software Coding Collecting quotations Queries: finding patterns Quantifying codes Presenting online 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman

Online resources Grounded Theory: A thumbnail sketch http: //www. scu. edu. au/schools/gcm/ar/arp/grounded. html A clear summary of Grounded Theory as applied to actual data. CAQDAS - A primer http: //www. lboro. ac. uk/research/mmethods/research/software/caqdas_primer. html A detailed review of various softwares for QDA, comparing their features and also theoretical assumptions they embody. INFO-RAPID Search and Replace http: //www. inforapid. com/html/searchreplace. htm Free software for searching and previewing documents. TRANSANA http: //www. transana. org Transcription and analysis software: especially good for running audio/video data (e. g. recordings of events such as lessons). 2 March 2007 David Palfreyman