D ATA C OLLECTION AND A NALYSIS O VERVIEW Dr Cath Sullivan and Dr Stephen Gibson

D ATA C OLLECTION & A NALYSIS : G ENERAL I SSUES Coherence with research questions Previous training Time Resources Supervising Qualitative Projects in Psychology, University of Huddersfield, 26 June 2012

D ATA C OLLECTION Needs to be appropriate for the method of analysis that is planned Guide students to thinking about what they want to know and what kind of data can help Possible approaches include Interviews Diary methods Naturalistic data (‘real’ or virtual) Key practical issues include: Recording data Transcription and preparation for analysis Storage and data protection Supervising Qualitative Projects in Psychology, University of Huddersfield, 26 June 2012

D ATA A NALYSIS Planning for analysis depends on type of data collected (so must be planned together) Needs careful consideration about how the analysis method will really address the research question There are several common approaches that our students may consider: Thematic analysis Interpretative phenomenological analysis Grounded theory Discursive techniques Helping students do good analysis: Get them to take a standpoint Encouraging rigour and good record keeping Promoting interpretation – analysis vs. description Supervising Qualitative Projects in Psychology, University of Huddersfield, 26 June 2012

The methodological kite

Decisions, decisions... Supervising Qualitative Projects in Psychology, University of Huddersfield, 26 June 2012