CMST 332 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Crystallization, National Technical Research Organisation
4 Nov 2016
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Ch 18: reading & writing the qualitative research report. Process of back-and-forth reflective steps in collecting/analyzing qual. data. Fewer conventions/trad. for writing qual. research report. (cid:271)/(cid:272) data/e(cid:448). (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e redu(cid:272)ed i(cid:374)to dis(cid:272)rete u(cid:374)its. Representing qualitative research: vary in structure/writing style, crystallization: combo. of forms of analysis/pres. /rep. of qual. data in written research reports, most studies pres. in trad. form. Implications of findings: rqs that need to be explored, rqs that devel. as result of study. Intro. that serves as frame for descriptions/analyses that follow. Trad. approach: start w/excerpt from fieldnotes/quote from partic. Focus on new findings: present theory to create focus & reveal position in extending/challenging theory. Writing about the method: aka research procedures/design of study, components: Revealing the identity of the participants: confidentiality/anonymity. Sub. names that maintain sex/ethnicity of partic. Presenting the data: data are textual. Visual elements inc. as well: must reduce amount of data collected, must selec. data that provide meaningful frame for interp.
