Exam 8: Basics of Qualitative Research Data Analysis

A(n) ______ interview is essentially wide-open and left to the interviewer to determine the direction.

Discuss what is included in the methods section of an article.

What are the three phases of qualitative data analysis proposed by Hogan, Dolan, and Donnelly?

______ step has been described as the "core" of qualitative analysis.

List the nine units of analysis or data collection (gathering) for qualitative research.

Prior to deciding how to collect the data there is no need to make a decision on the units of data gathering.

Describe the benefits of qualitative research data.

Lofland, Snow, Anderson, and Lofland (2006) proposed that there are ______ units of analysis or data collection for qualitative research.

One important consideration that frequently is left out of the generating data process is determining what the unit of analysis is.

Episodes, according to Lofland et al. (2006), may involve only a few people or may include thousands of people.

Explain what the first step is in organizing data, according to Creswell (2018).

What is a semi-structured interview? And provide an example.

List the three different approaches to organizing and coding qualitative data.

Quantitative analysis is at times ______.

Social practices are defined as the ______ unit of analysis in social settings and are characterized by repetition of communications and behaviors in interactions.

Encounters are not well defined and generally involve specific roles and boundaries between participants.

List and discuss the four phases of data analysis in qualitative research.

Creswell (2012) noted that "qualitative analysis is messy and nonlinear."

______ are similar codes aggregated together to form a major idea in the database.

Episodes are long term and not episodic.