Open AccessConducting Qualitative Data Analysis:Managing Dynamic Tensions Within, Part One
Author(s) -
Ronald J. Chenail
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2012.2724
Subject(s) - qualitative analysis , qualitative research , qualitative property , tacit knowledge , order (exchange) , epistemology , sociology , computer science , knowledge management , social science , business , philosophy , machine learning , finance
In the third of a series of “how-to” essays on conducting qualitative data analysis, Ron Chenail examines the dynamic tensions within the process of qualitative data analysis that qualitative researchers must manage in order to produce credible and creative results. These tensions include (a) the qualities of the data and the qualitative data analysis of these qualities, (b) errors of deficiency and exuberance, (c) tacit and public knowledge, (d) separation and connection, and (e) verticality and horizontality.