The central task in qualitative analysis is finding ways to interpret data that has already been collected. This involves making sense of the data as well as connecting it to the researcher’s specific questions and to the broader social, theoretical, or methodological issues in which the research is embedded. Attention is usually given to the collection of qualitative data and to how this data should be transcribed and ordered (often with the help of computer programs like Atlas, CAQDAS, Kwalitan). This leaves unaddressed how to interpret the material once it has been collected. This course addresses that lacuna.
FSS – Interpreting Qualitative Data
Prof. Kathy Davis (k.e.davis@vu.nl)
