Emma Dalton BA PP

Today I sat down at my desk with my laptop, opened my notebook and module handbook and thought, where on earth do I start! I have just completed my first draft of my literature review, have conducted my interviews, and now the daunting task of analysing my data must commence.  Triangulation- Something mentioned in the handbooks. It is done to increase validity in research and enhance the researcher and consumers confidence in findings. The idea is to compare my data from interviews, to data found in literature, to my personal experience. However, again the question arises, where do I even start! I decided to research into how to analyse qualitative data. Despite looking into this through module 2, I felt my brain needed a little refresh. I discovered a video that I have attached below that discusses the analysing process. The host of the video says the key to beginning your analysis is by reading the data.   Read the data and then read it again! This is the only way that you w...

This morning as part of our twilight group zoom meeting, Peter Thomas who is part of the Learning Enhancement team at Middlesex University joined us to discuss Analytical writing. This is obviously something that is extremely important for Module 3 which concludes with an analytical written report on our chosen inquiry.  Peter defined the structure for a theme-based piece as this: Introduction - This should be roughly 10% of your written report.  What? What am I going to be discussing throughout my report and what areas shall I be examining.  Why? Why am I looking into my chosen inquiry. How? How am I going to be looking into this. What methods will I be using throughout this piece.  Context-  This is where we define our key themes for the reader. We also give an overview about background examples here. In Module 3 our Literature Review will fall into this section. It will give an overview of what we are looking at throughout the pieces.  Analysis- Here ...