Using qualitative data for LSP

Grounded theorizing Data collection Provisional analysis Final analysis

Making sense of qualitative data Identify Category 1 Categories of analysis …… Category 3 Category 2 Raw data

Step 1 Identify segments of data by category YOU CAN USE Color codes Cut and paste techniques Computer programs (MS Access or NUD-IST)

RESULT Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 ……. Interview 1 TextText Interview 2 Text…. Project doc

Step 2 Compare and constrast information bits Category 1 Text Text …. SUGGESTIONS  Look for Inconsistencies  Be open for “negative evidence”  Try to fit the extremes in your theory (outliers)

Step 3 Extract networks of relationships GROUNDED THEORIZING

Step 4 SELECT EVIDENCE