Qualitative data analysis
Why are Coffey & Atkinson critical of the way coding fragments qualitative data?
Because this is incompatible with the principles of feminist research
Because it results in a loss of context and narrative flow
Because they think it should fragment quantitative data instead
Because they invented the life history interview and want to promote it
Because it results in a loss of context and narrative flow
One of the problems with coding, identified by Coffey & Atkinson (1996), is that it involves extracting segments of data from their original context (e.g. an interview transcript), and so the researcher becomes less sensitive to what the data mean in relation to the narrative as a whole. It’s as if the coding process, itself, destroys the narrative. Coding is not analysis; it is a tool of analysis. It therefore requires great sensitivity to the data as a whole (in the sense of an entire interview, for example), so that it will not degenerate into a way of separating data chunks for easier (but less authentic) mechanical processing.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 583
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 583
Because it results in a loss of context and narrative flow One of the problems with coding, identified by Coffey & Atkinson (1996), is that it involves extracting segments of data from their original context (e.g. an interview transcript), and so the researcher becomes less sensitive to what the data mean in relation to the narrative as a whole. It’s as if the coding process, itself, destroys the narrative. Coding is not analysis; it is a tool of analysis. It therefore requires great sensitivity to the data as a whole (in the sense of an entire interview, for example), so that it will not degenerate into a way of separating data chunks for easier (but less authentic) mechanical processing.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 583
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 583
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B. An approach that is sensitive to questions that concern how people choose to sequence and represent people and events
C. A form of thematic analysis
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A. The participants may not have given informed consent to the reuse of their data
B. It involves deceiving respondents about the nature of the research
C. The secondary analyst must adopt a covert role and is at risk of “going native”
D. Respondents are likely to experience physical harm as a result of the process
What are memos?
A. Notes that researchers write to themselves
B. Reminders of what is meant by key terms or phrases
C. Building blocks for theorizing
D. All of the above
What do Strauss & Corbin mean by “open coding”?
A. Breaking data down and examining it to identify themes and concepts
B. Coding without the intention of building a theory
C. Drawing open brackets alongside key words and phrases
D. Telling everybody about the way you have coded the data
In analytic induction, what happens if the researcher finds a deviant case?
A. They ignore it and carry on
B. They must either redefine or reformulate the hypothesis
C. They conduct a parametric statistical test
D. They give up and decide to be quantitative researchers instead
Which of the following is not a tool of grounded theory?
A. Theoretical sampling
B. Coding
C. External validity
D. Constant comparison
What do advocates of narrative analysis prefer to study?
A. The extent to which analytic induction can be value-free
B. The iterative process of grounded
C. The ethical implications of conducting a secondary analysis of qualitative data
D. The ways in which people use stories to make sense of events in their lives
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