Focus group data and qualitative analysis programs: Coding the moving picture as well as the snapshots

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Catterall, M
Maclaran, P
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SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE | 1997年 / 2卷 / 01期
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code and retrieve; computer software; focus groups; group interaction; qualitative research;
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Most qualitative data analysis programs include a code and retrieve function. We argue that on-screen coding and the retrieval of coded segments, or snapshots, can result in researchers missing important process elements in focus group data, the moving picture. We review the literature on the analysis of focus group data and conclude that the focus group is not simply a data gathering technique where data collected are analyzed for their specific content such as all text relating to a particular theme. Important and potentially insightful communication and learning processes occur in focus groups as a result of participant interaction. These processes in the data can only be identified by several readings of the whole transcript and tracing an individual's text in the context of other participants' text; this is difficult to effect on-screen. Thus, we recommend that transcripts are coded on-screen for content and off-screen for process.
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页码:U53 / U61
页数:9
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