All about Data - 1 (for Department of Education Research Students)

The amount of data we handle for a PhD can be overwhelming, whether you’re dealing with documents, observations, interviews, focus groups, surveys or large secondary data sets. This session will cover issues around data identification and collection. Ian will explain how his project developed, through different forms of data collection. We will also provide a brief introduction to Nvivo which is a software package used to manage and analyse rich, text-based qualitative data, so we would like you to download a copy of nvivo onto your device in advance of the session. This is available freely through the University’s connect portal: Brunel University London Connect Portal

Readings & tasks

1. Elliott, V. (2018). Thinking about the coding process in qualitative data analysis, Qualitative Report 23 (11), 2850-2861
2. Attia, M & Edge, J. (2017). Be(com)ing a reflexive researcher: a developmental approach to research methodology. Open Review of Educational Research 4(1): 33-45.
3. Strauss, A. L., & Corbin, J. (2015). Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques (4^th Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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