Explore different data collection methods and draw comparisons. You also will examine strengths, weaknesses, and the challenges they may present.
Consider the similarities and differences in the data collected from your interview and from the transcriipts of the Scholars of Change videos.
Consider the other data collection methods you studied (focus groups, reviews of documents and social media; and your own memos and notes).
Saldaña, J. (2021). The coding manual for qualitative researchers (4th ed.). Sage Publications.
Chapter 1, “An Introduction to Codes and Coding” (pp. 3–23)
Chapter 3, “Writing Analytic Memos About Narrative and Visual Data” (pp. 57–84) (previously read in Week 5)
Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2021). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological (2nd ed.) Sage Publications.
Chapter 5, “Methods of Data Collection” (pp. 124–163) (previously read in Week 7)
Chapter 8, “An Integrative Approach to Data Analysis” (pp. 233–252)
Chapter 9, “Methods and Processes of Data Analysis (pp. 254–294)
Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 12, “Data Analysis in the Responsive Interviewing Model” (pp. 189–211) (previously read in Weeks 5, 6, and 7)
Chapter 14, “Personal Reflections on Responsive Interviewing”
