Qualitative data analysis
Why should you start coding your data as soon as possible?
To sharpen your focus and help with theoretical sampling
Because researchers always run out of time at the end of a project
Because it is the easiest task to do
To make sure that your initial theoretical ideas are imposed on the data
To sharpen your focus and help with theoretical sampling
Coding as you go along, and starting at a relatively early stage, can be very helpful for those who want to build a grounded theory. This is because it forces you to interpret your data and focus your ideas from the start, which in turn helps you to choose an appropriate sample of participants for the next stage of data collection. Qualitative data is typically quite voluminous, so the researcher can easily feel overcome by its sheer size. Coding the data from the outset helps to give the researcher some feeling of being on top of things.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 581
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 581
To sharpen your focus and help with theoretical sampling Coding as you go along, and starting at a relatively early stage, can be very helpful for those who want to build a grounded theory. This is because it forces you to interpret your data and focus your ideas from the start, which in turn helps you to choose an appropriate sample of participants for the next stage of data collection. Qualitative data is typically quite voluminous, so the researcher can easily feel overcome by its sheer size. Coding the data from the outset helps to give the researcher some feeling of being on top of things.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 581
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 581
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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
D. A method of improving the quality of interview material
What is one of the main ethical problems associated with conducting a secondary analysis of qualitative data?
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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