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Stop making sense: the trials and tribulations of qualitative data analysis
Author(s) -
Schiellerup Pernille
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00817.x
Subject(s) - narrative , qualitative research , interpretation (philosophy) , qualitative property , grounded theory , apprenticeship , epistemology , narrative inquiry , qualitative analysis , data science , sociology , computer science , social science , history , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , machine learning , programming language
An account is given of a research project with particular attention to the place of data analysis and interpretation. It shines some light into what often remains the black box of qualitative research practice, the mysterious process of generating a research narrative based on the data. The paper provides other apprentice researchers with an insight into what the data analytical experience can be like, warts and all. It raises issues to do with qualitative data analysis, the use of CAQDAS, grounded theory, the relationship between the narratives of the researcher and the researched, and about the training of qualitative researchers.