Deck 13: Qualitative Data Analysis

Question 1

According to Miles and Huberman,there are generally three steps in qualitative data analysis: induction,data display,and the drawing of conclusions.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Data display involves taking your reduced data and displaying them in an organized,condensed manner.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Examples of coding units include words,sentences,paragraphs,and themes.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In situations where there is no theory available,you must generate codes and categories deductively from the data.In its extreme form,this is what has been called grounded theory.

Question 5

Important tools of grounded theory are theoretical sampling,coding,and constant comparison.

Question 6

Well-defined categories will lead to higher category reliability and eventually to higher inter-judge reliability.

Question 7

The analysis of qualitative data is aimed at making valid inferences from the often overwhelming amount of collected data.

Question 8

Data triangulation involves collecting data from several sources and/or at different time periods.

Question 9

Codes and categories are generally developed inductively.

Question 10

The smallest unit that is generally used is 'theme'.

Question 11

Categorization is the analytic process through which the qualitative data that you have gathered are reduced,rearranged,and integrated to form theory.

Question 12

Qualitative data are data in the form of words.

Question 13

Codes are labels given to units of text which are later grouped and turned into categories.

Question 14

Qualitative data analysis is a step-by-step,linear process.

Question 15

Grounded theory is a systematic set of procedures to develop an inductively derived theory from the data.

Question 16

Examples of qualitative data are interview notes,transcripts of focus groups,and news articles.

Question 17

Inter-judge reliability relates to the extent to which judges are able to use category definitions to classify the qualitative data.

Question 18

Coding is the process of organizing,arranging,and classifying words.

Question 19

A commonly used measure of category reliability is the percentage of coding agreements out of the total number of coding decisions.

Question 20

Qualitative data can come from a wide variety of primary sources and/or secondary sources,such as individuals,focus groups,company records,government publications,and the internet.

Question 21

Content analysis is an observational research method that is used to systematically evaluate the symbolic contents of all forms of recorded communications.

Question 22

Relational analysis builds on conceptual analysis by examining the relationships among concepts in a text.

Question 23

Relational analysis analyzes and interprets text by coding the text into manageable content categories.

Question 24

Method triangulation involves multiple researchers who collect and/or analyze the data.