1. Data Analysis, Findings and Implications
GRDG690
Data Analysis, Findings and Implications

2. Data analysis is
Ongoing
Reflective
Asks, what is going on here?

3. Data analysis Description – describe your data:
What did you see? What was happening? What are your initial insights into the data?
Make multiple copies of your data
Sense-making – read entire data set multiple times
First read through
What do I notice?
What pieces of my data stand out from the rest?
Second read through
Initial coding
Identify themes/categories
Third read through
Look for disconfirming evidence
Additional questions

4. Implications asks
What does this mean for me as a teacher?

5. What are Codes and Themes?
Codes - Working labels applied to blocks of text (Mills, 2009, p. 124).
Have meaning for you
Captures ‘what is going on’
Themes – The “big picture”
Categories you apply to groups of codes
Key phrases that keep arising
Themes stretch across data sources
Themes should be supported by multiple data sources (triangulation)

6. Data analysis Interpretation What themes are emerging?
Where do these themes reappear in the data? (triangulation)
How are these themes related? Use concept mapping.
What is missing? What have I missed?
Once you do all this, you will write up how you went about doing it in the “data analysis” subsection of your methods section.

7. Implications
As you write up your findings (the themes with supporting evidence from your data), you may find yourself writing about what it means.
Go ahead and write them but then pull your implications out and place them in your “Implications and Conclusions” section.

8. Conclusions
Briefly summarize your question, your theoretical framework, what the literature said, and what your findings and implications were.
What would you do differently if you were to do it again? Where did your study fall short of your goals (Limitations)
What questions does this research leave you with? What more do you want to learn?
What you want your reader left thinking about.

9. Abstract 120 words max Include only the essentials. No citations.
One sentence for each of these areas.
Question
Claim
Method
Findings
Implications

10. Brochure
Once your capstone is complete, create a brochure to share with your audience.
Be as creative as you are able.
Include pictures
Graphics
Tables
Include
Your name
Your title
Your question
Significance
Your findings
Implications
Suggested reading (key articles that informed your study)
Contact information

11. Data analysis practice: Nate
Description
Interview transcript review:
Read it once through
Read it again, focusing on what stands out, writing 1-2 word descriptors for each

12. Analyzing Data Write each descriptor on an index card
Work together to sort the descriptors
Label each category
What does this tell you about Nate’s understanding of himself as a reader?

13. Presentation Night Expectations How to organize How long
15 minutes
5 minutes between presentations
Interactivity is encouraged
Using presentation software
Keep # of words to a minimum
Use for pictures, graphics, tables
How to organize
Your question/topic/claim
Theory (1 minute)
Lit review (1 minute)
Methods (1-2 minutes)
Findings (5-7 minutes)
Implications (2-3 minutes)
Questions (any remaining time)

14. Next Steps
Send in a draft of Findings as directed on the course schedule.
Send in a draft of your revised Introduction (which reflects what you discovered (your thesis/claim) and your Implications and Conclusions section as directed on the course schedule.
Send in a draft of the whole capstone.
Presentation Walk-through/tech rehearsal
Bring in one (1) copy of your brochure to get suggestions on
Bring in a draft of your PowerPoint, Prezi, video, or other presentation materials in order to test it out.
Bring in anything you need scanned to add to your final capstone document (artifacts, etc.)
Sign-up for 1-1 meetings (as needed)

15. Workshop
Use the rest of class to start your data analysis. Work with your critical colleague to talk through your initial impressions and to begin coding/identifying themes.
Meet with me as needed.