Title: 6. Analysis
Course: EDPS0009: Researching Education and Society: Qualitative Methods 2020/2021

6. Data analysis

We will move from focusing on the techniques needed to collect data to how we understand, interpret and present data. We will consider the importance of sampling, how this can affect what we can say about our data and what how our personal outlook on the world shapes analysis. We will consider the responsibilities of researchers to write up their research in ways that accurately represent their research participants, and the ethical conundrums that this can generate. We will also explore how we interpret and present numerical data.

By the end of this component you will:

- Understand generating codes and themes as an approach to analysis
- Know how to present data in a piece of writing and using data tables
- Understand the role of reflexivity
- Understand the debates about the ethics of representation
- Understand the roles and purposes of hypotheses
- Create a table of data and calculate row and column percentages

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