DATA ANALYSIS (Creswell)

DATA ANALYSIS (Creswell)

1. ANALYTIC INDUCTION

   • 6 Steps outline this Analysis Method.

2. MILES AND HUBERMAN FRAMEWORK

   • COMPONENTS:
     • -DATA REDUCTION
       • - DATA DISPLAY
         • -DRAWING and VERIFYING CONCLUSIONS
           • -Finished when all Dis IN. -Are in the form of propositions. -Need to be verified.
         • Organize compress, and assemble info. At all stages used. (Charts, graphs, networks, diagrams.)
       • * STAGE I: Editing, segmenting, summarizing data.
         • STAGE II : CODING and MEMOING
           • STAGE III : Connceptualization (abstraction)
   • The first two rest on the opersation of CODING and MEMOING. These two are act. basic for all QDAMs.
     • In this frame work, there are two codes: -DESCRIPTIVE ; -INFERENTIAL (Pattern).

3. ABSTRACTING & COMPARING

   • LOWEST LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION: INDICATORS
     • 1st LEVEL: First order concepts
       • 2 nd LEVEL: Second-order concepts.
         • This levels are commonly enough but abstraction can go on further. 
         • * Comparing needs to be stressed in the QL DA
           • *C. is essential to concept development.
             • *C. is indispensable for R.
             • COMPARING helps RISING the LEVEL of concept.
           • It is by COMPARING different INDICATORS taht we can CODEEEE

4. GROUNDED THEORY

   • Developing a theory through the A of D.
     • FIND a CORE CATEGORY at a high level of abstraction but GROUNDED in D.
       • PROCESS
         • 1. Conceptual category in D (1° level of abstraction)
           • FIND relationships btwn these categories ( 2° Connect categories)
             • Highest level of CONCEPTUALIZATION. (Basis for THEORY)
               • CORE CODES
             • THEORICAL CODES
           • SUBSTANTIVE CODES
   • AIM: Generate abstract theory to explain what is CENTRAL in the D.
     • ALL PROCEDURES are oriented to this aim