Knee deep in data

Knee deep in data today preparing a presentation for tomorrow. This is to communicate the findings of a study involving a combination of both deductive and inductive content analysis, with both qualitative and quantitative data, and several hundred individuals.

Fortunately, the analysis has all been done by a second year undergraduate from our BSc Psych programme, as part of her work placement (thank you and well done Stacey). I have checked the analysis and am now trying to squeeze it all into a coherent PowerPoint presentation.

For more info on this methodology see:

Altheide, D., Coyle, M., DeVriese, K., and Schneider, C. (2008) 'Emergent Qualitative Document Analysis'. in Handbook of Emergent Methods. ed. by Leavy, P. New York, NY US: Guilford Press, 127-151

Elo S, and Kyngäs H. (2008) The qualitative content analysis process. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62(1):107-15.

Mazur, E. (2010) 'Collecting Data from Social Networking Web Sites and Blogs'. in Advanced Methods for Conducting Online Behavioral Research. ed. by Johnson, J. A. Washington, DC US: American Psychological Association, 77-90

Riffe, D., Lacy, S., and Fico, F. G. (2005) Analyzing Media Messages: Using Quantitative Content Analysis in Research (2nd Ed.). Mahwah, NJ US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers