Theory construction is one of the key features of grounded theory. It may begin with a question or even just a collection of qualitative data, and that data is analyzed and conceptualized to construct meaning and theory. ħ Analysis techniques Grounded theory: Data are analyzed and conceptualized to construct an explanatory theory of basic social processes Framework analysis: Adapts to evaluation that has specific questions, a limited time frame, a predesigned sample, and a priori issues Discourse analysis: Concerned with language use and how individuals accomplish personal, social, and political projects through language Grounded theory comes from sociology, suggesting that there isn’t one “truth,” but that different people or communities experience the world differently. We will spend some time talking about some different options, but we will focus on thematic analysis, as it is the most common. Grounded theory Framework analysis Discourse analysis Thematic analysis*** Others… There is more than one way to approach qualitative data analysis. ĥ Qualitative data Large volumes of data are reduced or configured.Ī process of selecting, focusing, simplifying, abstracting, and transforming data Forms of qualitative data: Text (written field notes or transcripts) Image (video/pictures) Sound (audio recordings) It’s also an active process that requires the researcher to engage with the data to construct the themes through the identification of patterns. Systematic means employing a structured way for analyzing the huge volumes of qualitative data. Organizing and interrogating data in ways that allow evaluators to see patterns, identify themes, discover relationships, develop explanations, and make interpretations (Leech & Onwuegbuzie, 2007) Systematic search for meaning in data Qualitative analysis is a systematic search for meaning in data that have been collected. This session will look at some of the approaches for qualitative data analysis and also stages in the data analysis process.ģ Learning objectives By the end of this session, participants will be able to: Explain qualitative data analysis and its approaches Describe stages in conducting qualitative analysis Develop a coding structure for categorizing data Apply the analytical method for drawing themes Once the data is collected we have the daunting task of analysing it. Presentation on theme: "Qualitative Data Analysis Techniques"- Presentation transcript:įor Drawing Themes Qualitative Methods in Evaluation of Public Health Programs Session 6
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