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Week25Assessmentguidance_2018.pptxQualitative analysis exercise and assessment 3 guidance
Assessment 3
Due Tuesday 15th May 3pm
2000 words
3 offender transcripts uploaded to weblearn
If you have not done so yet, read them
Devise a research question
Code transcript in order to answer research question
Write report
Remaining Teaching
| Wk 25 | 23/04/18 | NVivo – exploring a project |
| Wk 26 | 30/04/18 | NVivo – exploring a project/work on your assessments |
| Wk 27 | 07/05/18 | Bank holiday |
| Wk 28 | 14/05/18 | Feedback on drafts. Assessment deadline: 15/05/18 |
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Creating a research question
Read through the transcripts
These are in the assessments folder
Come up with a research question that you can answer with qualitative analysis
Should start with words such as:
What explain
Why...
How...
Can concern any issues discussed in the interviews
Potential Questions
How Does…
What Explains…
Why do….
Research questions should relate to the inductivist, interpretivist and constructivist nature of qualitative research
Research questions should avoid implying that theory is being tested
When conducting your analysis, remember the preoccupations of qualitative researchers….
Justify the importance of your chosen topic with reference to official, media or charity report
Project should include
Introduction
Description of Sources
Screenshot of nodes
Description of Nodes
Conclusion
More information on what should be included in these sections is present on weblearn (AssessmentAssessment 3 Guidelines)
Introduction
Explain research question
Explain aims of the project
Including the bases and limitations of qualitative research
Methods literature should be referenced here
Justify the aims of your report
What can and cannot be achieved in a qualitative report?
Signpost the reader – what should we expect in the report
Preoccupations of Qualitative Researchers
Seeing through the eyes of people being studied
To get an insider’s point of view
To see how people ascribe meaning to events and their environment
Description and the emphasis on context
To help make sense of behaviours
Emphasis on process
How events develop and unfold over time
Flexibility and limited structure
To enhance the opportunity of revealing the genuine perspectives of the people being studied
To avoid forcing responses into pre-formulated categories
Description of Sources
Use the sources I have uploaded to WebLearn
Describe the content in terms of:
The nature of the source
Who is involved (participants? Author?)
How it was produced
This information is available on WebLearn
Describe the relevance to your research question
Screenshot of node structure
Parent/Daughter nodes should be part of node structure
Nodes should be themes and concepts that help to answer your research question
Description of Nodes
What theme does each represent?
Include example quotations
How do they relate to your research question?
Conclusions you have drawn
What explanations regarding your research question emerge from these nodes?
What can we conclude from this data in relation to the research question?
Evaluate your findings…
Evaluation of quantitative research
Is it reasonable?
VALIDITY
Can we trust it?
RELIABILITY
Is it biased?
OBJECTIVITY
Can we apply it elsewhere?
GENERALISABILITY
Referencing
You may wish to use research methods literature when evaluating your project
You may recognise that your finding are similar/divergent to those from another study
