(质性资料分析).ppt

Analysis of Qualitative Data(質性資料分析) Social Research Methods 2113 6151 Spring, 2007 May 15~22, 2007 Four parts Comparing Methods of Data Analysis Coding and Concept Formation Analytic Strategies for Qualitative Data Other Techniques Comparing data analysis methods Similarities of quantitative and qualitative data analysis (質性與量化資料分析的相似處) inferring from the empirical details of social life To infer (推論): based on evidence Involving a public method or process (公開的方法或過程蒐集資料) Comparison is central (資料分析的重點在於比較) Compare evidence to locate patterns (similarities and differences) Striving to avoid errors, false conclusions, and misleading inferences (避免各項錯誤) Comparing data analysis methods Quantitative data analysis A specialized, standardized set of techniques Begin to analyze data after data collection and processing Test hypotheses Social life measured by using numbers, then using statistics Qualitative data analysis less standardized, often inductive Begin analysis while collecting data Create new concepts and theory Data relatively imprecise, diffuse, and context-based Explanations and Qualitative Data Developing explanations that are close to concrete data and contexts (解釋接近具體的資料與脈絡) Less abstract theory grounded in concrete details, sensitive to context, could be causal Either highly unlikely or plausible Can eliminate an explanation b showing contradictory evidence Best to make theories and concepts explicit (最好讓理論和概念明確) Coding and Concept Formation Conceptualization: grounded in data Concept formation begins during data collection Data analysis: organizing data into categories on the basis of concepts/themes, i.e., coding (根據概念或是主題，把資料分成不同類別來分析) Ideas and evidence mutually interdependence Coding in Qualitative Data Analysis Coding: organizing the raw data into conceptual categories and create themes/concepts (編碼: 將原始資料依概念類別整哩，以發展出新的主題或概念) Difficult for novice researchers Two simultaneous activities: Mechanical data reduction (資料縮減) Reducing large amount