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Analyzing The Meaning of The Data and Drawing Conclusions: Prepared By: Rica Eloisa C. Lopez

The correct sentence is: 2. Its unit of analysis is large language structures like paragraphs. Qualitative data analysis focuses on examining words, concepts, themes and descriptions rather than numbers. It centers its analysis on patterns found in participants' responses rather than opinions.

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Analyzing The Meaning of The Data and Drawing Conclusions: Prepared By: Rica Eloisa C. Lopez

The correct sentence is: 2. Its unit of analysis is large language structures like paragraphs. Qualitative data analysis focuses on examining words, concepts, themes and descriptions rather than numbers. It centers its analysis on patterns found in participants' responses rather than opinions.

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ANALYZING THE MEANING

OF THE DATA AND


DRAWING CONCLUSIONS
Prepared By:
Rica Eloisa C. Lopez
Read and understand the selection
carefully about “Patterns and Themes”
Guide Questions:
1. What is the selection all about?
2. What is the process of data analysis
is described in the selection?
3. What hypothesis/es can you
formulate based on the analysis?
Points to Ponder!
• Conclusions in qualitative research are based on patterns
and themes.
• Patterns and themes are words or phrases that
characterize the experience of the participants and these
words and phrases appear on several occasions and are
mentioned by different participants.
• These words or phrases will manifest in the interview
transcript and researchers, during analysis, should be able
to identify and locate them.
Coding
&
Categorizing
Coding
For example
Students who participate in the
Multicultural Scholars Program will be able to
describe their talents, strengths and social
group membership.

Coding involves assigning a word,


Describe talents and
phrase, number or symbol to each
strengths
coding category.
Types of Codes

EMERGENT: Ideas, concepts,


PRE-SET: A list of
actions and meanings that
codes created in
come up from reading and
advance by the
analyzing the data that are
researcher.
not in the pre-set codes
Creating Categories
Coding will serve as a system to help you to organize
your data. Once you have gone through all documents
and coded them, they can now be gathered into
families of codes or categories. Materials are sorted by
these categories, identifying similar phrases, patterns
and relationships. As you code and categorize the data,
look for the interrelationships among categories. Sorted
materials are examined to isolate meaningful patterns.
Identified patterns are used to create themes
Chapter IV
Analysis and Results
ACTIVITY: Write the letter of the correct
answer.
1. The results of data analysis are presented as
a. percentages c. fractions
b. written discussions d. literary criticism
2. Qualitative data analysis focuses on examining
a. numbers c. words
b. visions d. concepts
3. To show how variables are closely related with one another, you must use
a. data matrix c. proximity matrix
b. profile matrix d. table matrix
4. The value of data analysis results is determined by their connection with
your
a. research method c. completeness of data
b. research title d. orderliness of data
5. The value of data analysis results is determined by their connection with
your
a. research method c. research design
b. research title d. research questions
QUIZ: Check the sentence that expresses
what is true about qualitative data analysis.
1. It is a time-saving analysis of data.
2. Its unit of analysis is large language
structures like paragraphs.
3. It centers its analysis on opinionated
knowledge.
4. It is prone to examining numbers.
5. It cannot use data matrices.

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