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Qualitative Data Analysis Techniques

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The explanation of how one carries out the data analysis process is an area that is sadly neglected by many researchers. This paper presents a variety of data analysis techniques described by various qualitative researchers, such as LeCompte and Schensul, Wolcott, and Miles and Huberman. It further shares several activities used to teach qualitative data analysis techniques to students of qualitative research methods.
... The research findings will be presented in accordance with the description text that has been developed. According to Kawulich (2015), LeCompte and Schensul (1999) describe analysis as the process by which a researcher reduces facts to a story and its interpretation. The process of reducing enormous volumes of acquired data to make sense of it is known as data analysis. ...
... The process of reducing enormous volumes of acquired data to make sense of it is known as data analysis. Moreover, quoted from Kawulich (2015), According to Patton (1987), three processes happen during data analysis: data is structured, data is minimized using summarization and categorization, and patterns and themes in the data are found and linked. ...
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... The data were analyzed following the seven steps of Colaizzi's method of qualitative content analysis and it began as soon as the first interview was completed. A qualitative content analysis approach involves reading and re-reading transcripts, looking for similarities and differences that enable the researcher to develop themes and categories 18 . It is a distinctive seven step process which provides a rigorous analysis, with each step staying close to the data making the end result a concise yet allencompassing description of the phenomenon under study, validated by the participants that created it 19 . ...
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... Following Bernad (2000) and Kawulich (2004) guidelines, qualitative data from key informant interviews and FGds were analyzed using thematic-content analysis and coding, extracting and relating information on variables of interest. Anecdotal evidence, such as quotes from respondents were used to support narrative explanations. ...
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