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Qualitative Research: Data Analysis
Applying What You Know

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1 . Discuss the differences among qualitative research data collection, analysis, and interpretation in terms of process and product. [Hint]

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2 . Assume a colleague has asked you to review the interpretations of the data collected and analyzed in an ethnography she conducted over the last year. Discuss in detail the criteria you would use to evaluate her interpretations. For each criterion, offer some suggestions of the evidence you might use to help her reflect on your evaluation. [Hint]

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3 . Defend the use of the term inductive to describe qualitative data analysis and interpretation. [Hint]

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4 . A professor has argued the five steps of qualitative data analysis are sequential and linear. That is, each step follows the preceding step in a very systematic, logical manner. Develop an effective argument challenging this view. [Hint]

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