SOCECOL 194W Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Exploratory Data Analysis
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Will entire data session or select portions be transcribed. In other words, know your data really well! Step 3 - data reduction phase (specify codes) Codes represent themes, patterns, relationships, or processes in data. Identify segments of transcripts (quotes, accounts) linked to codes. Streamline your data to include only what is important to your analyses. A: it"s important if it speaks to your research question. Analyze transcripts in a line by line fashion. Each code represents chunks or segments of data. Do the open coding on more than one case! Group your open codes into patterns, concepts, and themes. Be open to themes that may emerge - your data may surprise you. Phase during which research findings are generated, reported. Layer 1 = 1 in narrative accound, substance of story is important. Layer 2 = 2 yet, logic, morals, etc of story also important. Use the data, creating dialogue between data and interpretations.
