Contending with the Unforeseen "Messiness" of the Qualitative Data Analysis Process

Autor/in	Mohamed, Zahra
Titel	Contending with the Unforeseen "Messiness" of the Qualitative Data Analysis Process
Quelle	In: Waikato Journal of Education, 27 (2022) 2, S.85-90 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1173-6135
Schlagwörter	Qualitative Research; Data Analysis; Doctoral Programs; Educational Technology; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Doctoral Students; Foreign Countries; Maldives + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Auswertung; Doktorandenprogramm; Unterrichtsmedien; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Ausland; Malediven
Abstract	Qualitative data analysis (QDA) is often depicted as a linear process that employs an organised structure to derive themes inductively or deductively. However, I realised the "messiness" of the process during my doctoral studies on primary teachers' use of digital technologies in ESL classrooms in Maldivian schools. My own experience revealed that QDA is a nonlinear, iterative and recursive process. Adopting a phenomenological research design to capture my nine participants' "lived" experiences, I gathered data from various sources over eight months. Shared through this paper is a selection of my experiences that exemplify the nonlinearity of QDA, including the emergent need to develop an NVivo-enhanced Spiral-QDA process to accommodate my unforeseen data analysis experience. Therefore, reflections from my doctoral research experiences may be edifying and helpful for postgraduate students and supervisors in their own QDA process. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research. Division of Education, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-858-5171; Fax: +64-7-838-4712; e-mail: wmier@waikato.ac.nz; Web site: https://wje.org.nz/index.php/WJE
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01