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Objectives
After completing this module,
you will be able to:
- Read, understand, and explain
to others the results of statistical data analyses
- Understand the steps that
a researcher takes in qualitative data analysis and explain how s/he
reached conclusions to others
- Decide if a researcher's
approach to data analysis was appropriate, given the design, sampling
approach and nature of the data s/he collected
- Select a data analysis approach
that is appropriate for your own work
Assigned Readings
Patton, M.Q. (2002). Analysis, interpretation, and reporting. In
M.Q. Patton, Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, pp.
462-481, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA. e-reserve
Ratcliff,
D. Methods of data analysis in qualitative research.
Thomas,
D.R. A general inductive approach for qualitative data analysis.
Swisher
Comments about Qualitative Data Analysis
Recommended Material
This document by John
V. Siedel provides some good insights about how to go about qualitative
data analysis.
This selection from the National
Institutes of Health provides an overview of several approaches to
qualitative data analysis.
Learning Guide
None - we will use the exercises material in Northcutt & McCoy
-- make sure you bring this reading to class:
Northcutt, N. & McCoy,
D. (2004). Comparisons, interpretations, and theories: Some examples.
In N. Northcutt & D. McCoy, Interactive Qualitative Analysis,
pp. 394-424, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA. e-reserve -- bring
this to class.
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