Week 6
Week 6 - Assignment: Analyze Qualitative Data
Continue with the CITI training, which must be completed by Week 8. Then, for the Week 6 assignment, use the same to a research design that you selected for the Week 5 assignment. Be sure to consider the type of data collected to create procedures for a comprehensive analysis. Clearly define your approach to:
(a) organizing data
(b) coding and thematic development
(c) triangulation
(d) using software applications
As with all other assignments, your approach must be systematic, logical, fully explained, and supported with scholarly sources. Use the resources provided, and at least three other peer-reviewed articles to defend your research plan.
Length: 2-4 pages
Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards
Research Processes for Qualitative Analysis
After the data have been collected, the researcher must ensure that the data are analyzed properly. The data analysis process helps to provide answers to the research questions and allows the researcher to develop reliable conclusions.
As important as collecting the right kind of data to answer your research question, how you analyze the data is critical to achieving results that are valid and reliable. Validity and reliability are features of quantitative research; however, in qualitative research, validity is the appropriateness of the tools, processes, and types of data you collect. On the other hand, for reliability to be achieved, you must be able to demonstrate confirmability, transferability, generalizability, and dependability.
The processes used to achieve relative confidence in the application of the scientific method can include (a) member checking, (b) transcript review, (c) ensuring data saturation, or (d) triangulation. There are methods for developing themes from raw data like the van Kaam or van Manen approaches. Your choices for creating a data analysis plan must follow the accepted norms scholars and researchers use for the design and must align with the type of data collected or included in the study.
Be sure to review this week's resources carefully. You are expected to apply the information from these resources when you prepare your assignments.