NURS 311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Ethnoscience, Discourse Analysis, Ethnomethodology
24 Jun 2019
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Quantitative analysis content according to a category scheme. Issues: no universal rules, absence of standard analytic procedures, reducing data. First major step: organize and index the data for easy retrieval, typically by coding the. Conceptual files: an organization of coded data in physical files, in which excerpts of relevant. Computer files are more commonly used presently. Investor triangulation cannot confirm thematic validity, but it can minimize idiosyncratic biases. Actual analysis begins with searching for patterns, regularities or themes in the data. Quasi-statistics: used to validate a thematic analysis through a tabulation of the frequency. Final analytic step: themes are weaved into an integrated picture of the phenomenon under with which certain themes or relations are supported by the data data to specific categories are placed investigation. Immersion/crystallization style: characterized by the analyst" total immersion in and reflection of test materials. Ethnographies: when researchers continuously search for patterns in the behaviour and expressions of study participants.
