Analysis and Interpretation Worksheet
Part I: Analysis and Interpretation
Interview Data:
- Select an appropriate analytic procedure to code your interview data.
- Code your data using a qualitative data analysis program or by hand in a separate document. This process must identify: (1) codes and themes, (2) sub-codes, (3) categories, and (4) subcategories.
- Discuss your approach to coding the interview data. What procedure(s) did you select? Justify your response.
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- Examine the results of your analytic procedure(s).
- Identify 2 or 3 initial assertions based on your interpretation of the interview data. Discuss how you arrived at each assertion.
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- Synthesize your initial assertions into a key assertion about the central phenomenon in your mock study.
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Observation Data:
- Review the Observation Guide you completed in Week 6, paying attention to your field notes and detailed narrative passages.
- Compose 2 or 3 analytic memos triggered by your field notes.
- Memo 1:
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- Memo 2:
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- Memo 3:
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- Compose a meta-memo that synthesizes the primary elements from your analytic memos into a new whole.
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- Examine the results of your analytic procedure(s).
- Identify 2 or 3 initial assertions based on your interpretation of the observation data. Discuss how you arrived at each assertion.
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- Synthesize your initial assertions into a key assertion about the central phenomenon in your mock study.
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Part II: Reflection
Write a 700- to 1,050-word reflective essay about your experience applying qualitative research methods and the knowledge you have gained from this course. Include your essay in the space.