Qualitative Data Analysis Thursday, November 22, 2018 3:36 PM What is a major goal in the analysis of qualitative data? To reveal themes that emerge from the data Mostly inductive Grounded theory in a lot of instances, assuming theories are grounded in the data themselves Feminist epistemology- part of research findings- how the stories impacted on her · What are the patterns, commonalities, trends · Break down data into themes, then look for variation among those · Similarities and dissimilarities (dis important, might be deviant cases to develop new theory, hypothesis) . Usually the deviant cases that lead to theory development Typologies of behaviours- classify themes- could classify by how they relate to another variable Inductive- when using grounded theory- go in with blank slate, let themes emerge . Can be deductive as well- what are the concepts that apply to the theory Im using- feminism: theme of oppression, go out and look for how oppression is expressed- look for instances of concepts of theory · Or- previous research- just like extended case study methods- based on previous research, these are the top 5 themes that present- I'm going to be looking for those themes · Identifying patterns FINALfi . Magnitude- how extensive, what level, all/most cases? Only some? What extent are we seeing this pattern · Structure- different types- behaviour- look at processes, how does this happen? · Cause · Answer- Wangs analysis will be focused on CAUSES Consequences EX: (WILL BE ON EXAM) Wang is doing a research where he is trying to understand why grandparents parent their grandchildren. What would Wang's analysis be focused on? THEORETICAL PARADIGMS AND DATA ANALYSIS Functionalist studying crime- how crime is structured in society, how it relates to other institutions in society- theory/paradigm shapes structure of research question AND analysis- so you are looking for the FUNCTION of crime . Inductive reasoning: (probably on final) . Conversation analysis- sociological assumptions made - that language is structured, when analyzing conversations we're getting insight about how social interactions and structured. Ex: how do you answer your phone? Hello? - society is structured by the way we have conversations. Most people initiate the conversation when answering, when you call someone, you wait before you say hello. By studying conversations we can learn how people interact. Language is symbolic of hierarchy, structure of society- by studying convos can unearth those structures . Accurate transcript important to properly analyze conversation · Rules- don't cross talk, we wait until our turn, raise hand in class . Important to understand things in context- not just analyzing the world- what preceded that conversation? "go break a leg" don't mean literal- wishing good luck. Important to understand context in which something happened
. Pauses, mmhmm, uh huh, all means something- needs to be analyzed in context Another paradigm that might help in analyzing data: semiotics The symbolic meanings of things we say Goal is to understand the hidden meanings- people don't communicate directly, communicate through codes, signs · semniotics- look at