LESSON 4

• Data/information


  Any information that has been collected to validate a research findings
• Data analysis


  Involves interpretation of data through analytical and logical reasoning to determine patterns, relationships and trends
• Data analysis


  Systematically arranging and searching for the transcript, manuscript, observation notes and other non-textual material that the researcher has accumulated to understand the phenomenon
• Coding


  The most important part of the data analysis process, involving subdividing a huge amount of raw information and subsequently assigning them into categories
• Coding process

  1. Open coding - divide/break up all data into codes

  2. Axial coding - draw connections between your codes

  3. Selective coding - select one central category that connect all the categories from your analysis and captures the essence of your research
• Qualitative data analysis methods

  • Content analysis
  • Narrative analysis
  • Discourse analysis
  • Thematic analysis
• Content analysis


  • Systematically analyses a text to identify specific patterns or features
• Narrative analysis


  • Involves identifying, analyzing, and interpreting research participants' stories
• Discourse analysis


  • All about understanding how people communicate with each other
• Thematic analysis


  • Popular qualitative data analysis identifies methods that patterns and themes in data, involving coding the data by assigning it labels or categories
• How to plot thematic analysis

  By using a tabular form