Hi everyone,
I am working on a project using thematic qualitative content analysis and have been stuck with the profile matrix since I am unsure of how to deal with the fact that i have different data for the same "cases".
The data encompasses:
- 4 interviews with key informants from 5 gardener-associations (1 informant is part of 2 associations)
- information from websites, social media etc. of the same 5 gardener-associations
- 1 interview with a key informant from a housing company working with gardening-projects
- 1 interview with a key informant from the municipal office responsible for gardening on public land
- legal documents regarding the gardening on public land
Now, how should I design the profile matrix?
7 rows/columns for the 5 associations, 1 housing company and 1 municipal department and "merge" the diverse data-sources? And how should I deal with the interview that concerns 2 of the 5 associations?
I appreciate all advice and feed-back!
// Katharina
For 5 associations, 1 housing company, and 1 municipal department, you must write the resources separately. However, you can combine the interview that concerns 2 of the 5 associations and write them in the same column / row. You can mail for design assistance.
Sinan Baran Bayar thank you so much for your quick answer! Should I keep all the different "kinds of data" for the "cases" seperate too? Basically: Case 1_interview; Case 1_websites; Case 1_survey 2017; Case 2_Interview;....
When you say I can combine the interview-data that concerns two of the cases together, does that mean I should combine the other data for these two cases too?
Katharina Pedri When combining the interview data concerning two of the cases, you should write it in the same column and separate the row. You must write all the different "data types" for "cases" separately. The example you are showing is correct. I'm sending you an article as an example. Use the table examples in these articles.
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