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Abstract
Learning how to analyze qualitative data is difficult for beginning research students, not only because it is a long and complex process, but because it is so different from working with quantitative data, with which students are often more familiar. Working with any data requires interpretation of results by the researcher in order to reach meaningful conclusions. This article describes an exercise in qualitative data analysis that introduces university students to the processes, limits and possibilities of this challenging work.
Introduction
As a lecturer in qualitative research methods for education students at both the BA and MA ...