I need some tips on how to analyse and write down a report of a semi-structured interviews, I collected answers and i have to begin to analyse and report the answers, this is a part of my empirical study of my Phd about the integration of informal settlements into the city
1. Remind yourself what you had intended to do by reading the data analysis section of your research methodology. Your supervisor would presumably have guided you to anticipate the process you would take your data through once you collected it.
2. If above did not happen, as a start point, see if any themes are emerging from the answers to your interview questions, and consider dealing with the data by placing/discussing/interpreting it under such themes.
3. Rely on your supervisor/advisor for some guidance because/he has full details of your research.
You could consider using Grounded Theory/ Thematic Analysis...
Hi Muhammad,
I believe you should conduct a "Thematic Analysis". That means you closely examine the answers that you received and try to identify common themes (patterns/ideas/topics) that repeatedly appear in your data and relevant to your research objective.
This page might give you an idea about the different steps of thematic analysis for qualitative data (e.g. answers of a semi-structured interview):
https://www.scribbr.com/methodology/thematic-analysis/
Best of luck,
Eslam Nofal
Do the presentation with themes from your thematic analysis of the interview transcripts
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