Analysis and Interpretation Worksheet

Part I: Analysis and Interpretation

Interview Data:

1. Select an appropriate analytic procedure to code your interview data.
2. 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.
   1. Discuss your approach to coding the interview data. What procedure(s) did you select? Justify your response.

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3. Examine the results of your analytic procedure(s).
   1. 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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1. Synthesize your initial assertions into a key assertion about the central phenomenon in your mock study.

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Observation Data:

1. Review the Observation Guide you completed in Week 6, paying attention to your field notes and detailed narrative passages.
2. Compose 2 or 3 analytic memos triggered by your field notes.
   1. Memo 1:

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1. Memo 2:

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1. Memo 3:

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3. Compose a meta-memo that synthesizes the primary elements from your analytic memos into a new whole.

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4. Examine the results of your analytic procedure(s).
   1. 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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1. 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.