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A 6 page paper discussing approaches to dealing with data in qualitative research methods. The paper answers three questions, two of which begin with Creswell's (1997) qualitative methods book. Another question focuses on case study research. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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or spreadsheet to list broad ideas, expanding on them in a separate cell. Taking notes Enter notes into a PDA for download to above list where they can be categorized
and sorted. Summarize field notes Use the "auto summarize" feature of Microsoft Word(r). Getting feedback on ideas Meet with other researchers. Working with words List recurring themes. Display data Make
everything spreadsheet-based to be available for sorting, charting, statistical analysis. Identify codes Assign to recurring themes. Reduce information Redefine codes to be less narrow. Count frequency of codes Use the
spreadsheet/database. Relating categories Use a flowchart. Use systematic procedures of inquiry Have survey participants rank answers directly on a Likert-type scale to avoid researcher bias or errors in categorizing responses.
Relate to analytic framework in literature Identify and categorize themes emerging in the literature. Redesign study Examine other methods of addressing research questions.
Source: (Cresswell, 1997; p. 141) Question 2 Note: Amazon.com refuses access to Table 8.2 after using Table 8.1. Using Yins book because I have it and Cresswells tables
were not supplied with the order. For the quantitative purist, qualitative research methods were used any time that the researcher could not fit
desired questions into firm hypothesis and then set out to collect data that could be absolutely measured and still be replicatable by other researchers given the same conditions. Creswells
(2003) definition of a quantitative analysis is: A quantitative approach is one in which the investigator primarily uses postpositivist claims for developing knowledge (i.e., cause and effect thinking, reduction to
specific variables and hypotheses and questions, use of measurement and observation, and the test of theories), employs strategies of inquiry such as experiments and surveys, and collects data on predetermined
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