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Developing Data Analysis
Aksel Tiora's paper discusses different 'modes' of interpretation which shape how students take fieldnotes.
Qualitative Research, 6 (4), 429-51 (2006)
DOI 10.1177/1468794106068012
http://qrj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/6/4/429
'Writing small discoveries: an exploration of fresh observers' observations'
Aksel H. Tjora, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
EXERCISE
If you are doing an observational study, experiment with at least two different methods of keeping fieldnotes. Now read through your notes and consider which format is likely to be most productive to address your research problem and to provide you with reliable data.
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| Rachel Hurdley's paper is an illustration of how narrative analysis can be used in the analysis of interview data.
Sociology, 40 (4), 717-33 (2006)
DOI 10.1177/0038038506065157
http://soc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/4/717
'Dismantling mantelpieces: narrating identities and materializing culture in the home'
Rachel Hurdley, Cardiff University, UK
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| In this paper, based on a video record of a public inquiry, Jack Sidnell shows how you can begin to theorize through qualitative data.
Discourse & Society, 15 (6), 745-66 (2004)
DOI 10.1177/0957926504046503
http://das.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/15/6/745
'There's risks in everything: extreme-case formulations and accountability in inquiry testimony'
Jack Sidnell, University of Toronto, Canada
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| Vanessa May's paper shows how you can use written life stories in qualitative research.
Sociology, 42 (3), 470-86 (2008)
DOI 10.1177/0038038508088836
http://soc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/42/3/470
'On being a "good" mother: the moral presentation of self in written life stories'
Vanessa May, University of Manchester, UK
EXERCISE
Using any one of these four papers as a model, think about how you might improve your data analysis.
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