Shifting Analytic Direction with Final Products in Mind: Using the “Sort and Sift” Toolkit Instructor: Ray Maietta and Kevin Swartout Dates: Thursday-Friday, July 28-29 In every qualitative project there is a point where analysts move from processing individual data documents to giving careful thought and attention to what content they will present and how this material will be presented to audiences. Phase 2 of ResearchTalk’s Sort and Sift, Think and Shift analysis process is driven by a toolkit that directs this important shift in the analysis process. This toolkit can be used regardless of whether or not you employed earlier phase Sort and Sift techniques. A first beneficial step in this transition involves mining through memos, code topics, document summaries and episode profiles. As researchers review their analytic work, memoing and diagramming techniques help them discover, understand and document important connections within and across data documents. A second component of this transition features a question and answer procedure we call “bridging.” Two bridging tools we highlight are a “story evolution tool” and a “code combination tool.” The story evolution tool introduces a process of interrogating data to understand better how key actors, places, time periods, actions, attitudes and emotions interact in the lives of our participants. The code combination tool introduces a set of techniques to discern shared meaning between and among code categories. For more information and to register, please go to: CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN SURVEY METHODOLOGY The Odum Institute’s Certificate Program in Survey Methodology gives graduate students and working professionals the knowledge and skills they need to design and conduct surveys and analyze and report survey results. It introduces students to the vast and growing literature on survey research methods and provides training to pursue employment in a variety of fields where survey research plays an important role The program provides well-balanced training at the graduate-level in: survey sampling survey computing and data analysis questionnaire design data collection methods problem solving skills for complex surveys real-world, hands-on experience The Certificate is instantly recognized and highly regarded by employers and can be obtained as a companion to a graduate degree or a supplement to a bachelor's degree.
Shifting Analytic Direction with Final Products in Mind: Using the “Sort and Sift” Toolkit Instructor: Ray Maietta and Kevin Swartout Dates: Thursday-Friday, July 28-29 In every qualitative project there is a point where analysts move from processing individual data documents to giving careful thought and attention to what content they will present and how this material will be presented to audiences. Phase 2 of ResearchTalk’s Sort and Sift, Think and Shift analysis process is driven by a toolkit that directs this important shift in the analysis process. This toolkit can be used regardless of whether or not you employed earlier phase Sort and Sift techniques. A first beneficial step in this transition involves mining through memos, code topics, document summaries and episode profiles. As researchers review their analytic work, memoing and diagramming techniques help them discover, understand and document important connections within and across data documents. A second component of this transition features a question and answer procedure we call “bridging.” Two bridging tools we highlight are a “story evolution tool” and a “code combination tool.” The story evolution tool introduces a process of interrogating data to understand better how key actors, places, time periods, actions, attitudes and emotions interact in the lives of our participants. The code combination tool introduces a set of techniques to discern shared meaning between and among code categories. For more information and to register, please go to: CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN SURVEY METHODOLOGY The Odum Institute’s Certificate Program in Survey Methodology gives graduate students and working professionals the knowledge and skills they need to design and conduct surveys and analyze and report survey results. It introduces students to the vast and growing literature on survey research methods and provides training to pursue employment in a variety of fields where survey research plays an important role The program provides well-balanced training at the graduate-level in: survey sampling survey computing and data analysis questionnaire design data collection methods problem solving skills for complex surveys real-world, hands-on experience The Certificate is instantly recognized and highly regarded by employers and can be obtained as a companion to a graduate degree or a supplement to a bachelor's degree.
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