Some Insight into Qualitative Analysis N I TeufelShone
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Some Insight into Qualitative Analysis N. I. Teufel-Shone, Ph. D College of Public Health University of Arizona SREP 2015
Nature of Qualitative Data l l l Notes from observations or individual or group interviews Full transcripts from individual or group interviews Video of interviews Excerpts from newsletter/newspaper articles Photographs l l From participants Of community events and/or notifications
Task l l Address the purpose or research question close at hand. Why did we asking this question? Analysis process involves a systematic examination of the data to identify significant concepts, sifting trivia from significance
Units of analysis l Line-by-line, examining l l l Phrases Words Or larger units, examining l l l whole sentences, paragraphs or responses to specific questions
Use of codes in analysis l l l Software assisted qualitative analysis uses a code based system (NVIVO, ATLAS) Codes are derived inductively during the data review Codes reflect recurring phrases or concepts Codes are used to develop a code book that guides computer assisted search Frequency and distribution of codes is summarized to contribute to interpretation
Investigator and Consensus Content Analysis l l l Searching text for recurring concepts or ideas No coding Identifying core consistencies and ideas
Pattern and Theme Identification l l Group phrases and observations of similar content to reveal a descriptive pattern Content analysis reveal patterns Collectively those patterns to yield a theme A Theme is an overarching concept
Thematic Analysis l l Theme Identification of a Responsible People theme Example from “Safe Pattern • Safety associated with the presence of Places” Project responsible siblings/adults • Safety associated with people not place Content “I go to my Grandma’s house when my house is empty” “I feel good when my older sister is taking care of us” Data: Interview Notes Triangulated data sources: Observational notes, Youth photographs
- They say it only takes a little faith
- They say sometimes you win some
- Ice cream is countable
- Contact forces
- Fire and ice diamante poem
- Some say the world will end in fire some say in ice
- Some trust in chariots and some in horses song
- Function machines maths
- Which function is incorporated into some intel cpus