Major Assignment 2: The Analysis and Interpretation of Qualitative Data

For this Major Assignment 2, you will continue to transcribe and code the transcript from your phone interview in Week 7. You also will continue your work on the Part 3: Results section of your Major Assignment 2.

To prepare for this Assignment:

· Review the readings and the media programs in this week’s Learning Resources related to coding and analyzing the data.

Part 3: Results

During this course, you have coded your two Scholars of Change videos, you have conducted and coded your phone interview, and you have gathered data from the Walden social change website and any other documents or websites you might have included.

For this Part 3 of your Major Assignment, you will write up the results of your findings. You will include the following in your write-up of 3-pages:

A. Data Sources—briefly describe each data source including location, duration of data collection, how data were recorded, and unusual circumstances. (1page explanation of all details here and what’s in bullets)

· Two Scholars of Change videos

· One phone interview

· Resources from the Walden social change website

B. Instrumentation—briefly describe the type of instrumentation you used for your data collection. (1page explanation of all details here and what’s in bullets)

b. Who developed each data collection tool and what is the date of publication?

b. Where and with which participant group has it been used previously?

b. How appropriate is it for current study and include whether modifications will be or were needed?

C. Data Analysis—based on the data sources in “A.”, provide a detailed analysis to include the following: (1page explanation of all details here and what’s in bullets)

. Report the process used to move inductively from coded units to larger representations including categories and themes.

. Describe the specific codes, categories, and themes that emerged from the data using quotations as needed to emphasize their importance.

2. 1st cycle—describe, give examples.

2. 2nd cycle—describe, give examples/moving from codes to categories.

2. Identify themes—provide examples and illustrate your results with a figure or a chart.

Major Assignment 2: The Analysis and Interpretation of Qualitative Data

For this Major Assignment 2, you will finalize your analysis in your Part 3, Results section, and finalize your presentation of results from the different data sources. Also, for this week, you will complete the Part 4, Trustworthiness and Summary section to finalize the last part of this Major Assignment 2.

To prepare for this Assignment:

D. Review the social change articles found in this week’s Learning Resources.

Part 4: Trustworthiness and Summary 3

1. Trustworthiness—summarize across the different data sources and respond to the following: (1page explanation of all details here and what’s in bullets)

e. What themes are in common?

e. What sources have different themes?

e. Explain the trustworthiness of your findings, in terms of:

3. Credibility

3. Transferability

3. Dependability strategies

3. Conformability

Summary

· Based on the results of your analyses, how would you answer the question: “What is the meaning of social change for Walden graduate students?” (½ page explanation of all details here)

· Self-Reflection—Has your own understanding of you as a positive social change agent changed? Explain your reasoning. (½ page explanation of all details here)

· Based on your review of the three articles on social change, which one is aligned with your interests regarding social change and why? (½ page explanation of all details here)

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