Exam 11: Analyzing Qualitative Data

The process of qualitative data analysis is sometimes described as a spiral,which involves four iterative steps that gradually move the process forward.The final step in the qualitative data analysis spiral is usually:

Kavanir has developed an initial coding scheme for his qualitative data.Ideally,his next step in his analysis should be to:

Esme is interested in the personal experiences of first-year medical students and plans an ethnographic study,in which she'll collect observational field notes,extensive interview data,and diaries from the participants.For her analysis,she plans to begin by developing a start list.In other words,Esme will:

How can a "researcher acting as an instrument" in a qualitative study best ensure the trustworthiness of the data analysis and the conclusions?

A key component of data analysis in a content analysis study is to:

Both Marianne and Bill examined the same set of qualitative data collected from couples in a study designed to understand relationship stress.Interestingly,the themes that emerged from the data were not consistent across the two researchers.Of the following,which is the most likely reason for the discrepancy?

In a grounded theory study,the focus of data analysis is to:

Qualitative data analysis is a process of

Morisha is a policy researcher who studies parents' interest in charter schools.As part of her work she conducted extended interviews with parents who wanted to enter their children into charter schools for high school.While conducting her interviews,she noticed one family whose reasons were so unlike the others that she wondered whether she should even include the data in her sample.Your best advice to her would be to: