The community-based participatory research project is nearing the data analysis stage and i was wandering if people would have suggestions for how to manage this process.
Background
1. There are four diverse groups of peer researchers, young people, sex workers, transgender and village;
2. Two interviews were conducted per research participant;
3. These interviews have been transcribed and translated, and we have discussed the contents of each transcript informally throughout the data collection process;
4. We have two formal days to undertake a data analysis workshop.
MY QUESTIONS
- What background preparation would you ask the peer researchers to do before the formal data analysis workshop?
- Would you run the data analysis workshops separately for each of the 4 community groups and why?
- Do you have any other suggestions for this data analysis phase?
Terimah Kasih Jamee
I think if its possible, probably one (main researcher) should share with peer researchers, what the literature is pointing to in a framework one design to then approach the research questions.
Arguably, at that point of collecting data, literature should have already said sometime and the direction could be almost clear at that point. So this should really shared among the researchers in the project and will enhance data analysis process.
In summary you should share the 'look out words' or 'some sequence of events' to be in the same page.
Or
Well, it depends with how the research is approaching data. If the need for research is to build a theory therefore the analysis is a bit different since a researcher should not bring any influence in the data analysis. But as peers, you should again, share what words to look out for in the chunk of data. What really to consider? What is rubbish?
I agree with the above answer. I have assumed you will have qualitative data. If not, this answer may not be appropriate. Previous research can suggest what you should be looking for in the data, but always allow for additional related responses to be given. In one study I participated in, three persons coded the data and we then met and came to agreement about the appropriate code. To do this you can use previous research on the topic to suggest categories to be used.
For further insights on content analysis, you may also refer to:
Walliman, N. 2011. Research methods: the basics. New York: Routledge.
[pp. 86-89].
Best wishes
Thanks all. Yes qualitative data was conducted by 13 peer researchers in semi-structured interviews and I will be facilitating the joint meaning making data analysis workshop.
The peer researchers were recruited from transgender, sex worker and youth communities and are really diverse in terms of language spoken (Indonesian, Javanese, English), religious background, education, age, gender, sexuality etc. The research is exploring sexual and reproductive health priorities and barriers using a cultural and gender approach, but the data analysis workshop will (It think) at first have to be more pragmatic and thematic focused.
I have asked all peer researchers to think about the key findings in their own transcripts and then hope we can work through this over 2 days in our data analysis workshop.
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