Exam 15: Analysis of Qualitative Data

Finding the sheer amount of data she had generated in her qualitative investigation into the agency of young persons diagnosed with cancer overwhelming,Gertrude Gordon decides to visually illustrate emerging themes and their relationships with each other.Which sort of illustration will Gertrude most likely produce?

The analytical memo builds a link between _______ and ________.

Define the following: data reduction

Define the following:concept map

While pouring over data,Nathan Notetaker created a special folder and filled it with his thoughts and ideas about the coding process.Which kind of notes are in Nathan's special folder?

Which of the following is NOT a qualitative diagram?

After formulating concepts,qualitative researchers link them together.Which of the following is NOT one of the types of links qualitative researchers make between concepts?

Define the following:data analysis

In what ways are qualitative data analysis and quantitative data analysis similar? Identify and briefly describe each of the three general commonalities between qualitative data analysis and quantitative data analysis.

Define the following:flowchart

Explain the process of concept formation in qualitative data research.What role or function do concepts play in qualitative research?

While analyzing qualitative data,research assistant Evan Evangelista made a first pass through his notes.He read slowly and put a preliminary label in the notes to identify themes in the data.Evan was using

Describe the features of the analytical memo.In what ways is it related to the coding process during the analysis of qualitative data?

Define the following:selective coding

Coding involves two simultaneous activities.What are they?

Define the following:qualitative coding

Which of the following statements describes both qualitative and quantitative approaches to data analysis?

When analyzing his qualitative data,Professor Morton Moskowich made a last pass through his notes,skimming previous codes.He looked for specific information or data that was related to the main themes he had already identified.This is called

According to the grounded theory approach,in what order should a researcher code qualitative data?

Define the following:open coding