EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

1. DATA ANALYSIS STRATEGIES

   • In this section we describe strategies that are used to analyze qualitative data
     • Identifying Themes.
       • Another way to begin analyzing data is to consider the big picture and start to list themes that you have seen emerge in your literature review and in the data collection.
     • Coding Surveys, Interviews, and Questionnaires
       • One of the most frequent data analysis activities by qualitative researchers is coding, the process of categorically marking or referencing text units

2. Example of Coding an Interview

   • What follows is an annotated interview between a researcher and a bilingual education teacher
   • Developing a Concept Map
     • Suggested that concept maps are another useful strategy that helps action research participants
   • Qualitative Data Analysis: An Example
     • In this example, the topics under study are the concerns of parents regarding their first child’s entrance into kindergarten teacher’s interactions with the students and families.

3. DATA INTERPRETATION STRATEGIES

   • One cannot classify data into categories
     • Without thinking about the meaning of the categories. researchers must make the conceptual bases or understandings of the categories explicit and identify clearly the characteristics that make each category distinct from the others