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The Iterative Model 1) research topic/questions 2) ‘corpus construction’ 3) data gathering 4) analysis 5) write-up 4) more analysis Field work
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INFO 272. Qualitative Research Methods
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The Iterative Model1) research topic/questions
2) ‘corpus construction’
3) data gathering
4) analysis
5) write-up
4) more analysis
Field work
1) Initial coding
2) focused coding
3) theoretical coding
4) memo-writing
5) draft writing
From Analysis to Write up
Gra
nula
rity
Grounded Theory Constructing analytic codes and categories
from data Simultaneous involvement in data collection
and analysis ‘Sampling’ aimed toward theory construction Lit review after analysis
Grounded Theory, e.g.
Coding… …is attaching labels to segments of data
that depict what each segment is about …is the bones of your analysis …forces you to interact with your data
(again and again)
Coding: Key concepts Granularity varies
Word-by-word, line-by-line, incident-to-incident
observational data vs. interviews Ideas, categories, concepts must
‘earn their way’ into your analysis ‘in vivo’ codes (attention to language) Constant comparative method Are provisional!
Warning! Be careful with the language of
intention, motivation, strategy Don’t impute Treat social reality as what is apparent,
presented to you (not underlying, secret motives)
What does coding do to data? Condenses Disaggregates
1) Initial coding
Remain open Stay close to the data Keep codes simple and precise Construct short codes Preserve actions [gerunds – i.e. shifting,
interpreting, avoiding, predicting] Compare data with data Move quickly through the data
Take most frequent codes from the initial coding
tying emerging concepts to the data (verification process)
2) focused coding
1) Initial coding
After Coding: Some Heuristics Sorting and
DiagrammingConcept chartingFlow diagrams
Lofland and Lofland and Charmaz have many suggestions
Memo-Writing Transitioning
between codes and write up
Could be blog entries
Timesavers and Shortcuts Moving along quickly to ‘focused coding’ Do ‘initial’ coding on a selection of the data
(the early data, the most rich material) Software (for searching especially) – NVivo
or even MS OneNote