Data Analysis In Qualitative Studies

Question 1

Step 3 start coding data

Answer 1

Systematically organize and reduce data into meaningful segments/chunks/categories

Question 2

Step 4 generate descriptions or themes

Answer 2

• look for organizing frameworks that tell the story of data in way that informs research question

Question 3

Step 5 decide how findings will be represented

Answer 3

Journal articles
Video, documentary, poetry, art

Question 4

Step 6 interpret the findings

Answer 4

Making sense of data and going beyond the themes to larger the meaning

Question 5

What do qualitative researchers strive for

Answer 5

Perspectival subjectivity