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Of all the qualitative research methods, none has provoked more interest among nurses than phenomenological research. As part of Pam Brink’s nuts and bolts series on research methods for nurses, this volume will provide a much needed introduction to this methodology including discussions on site-access, preparation, proposal-writing, ethical issues, data collections, bias reduction, data analysis, and research publication.
How to Analyze the Data
How to Analyze the Data
The process of phenomenological analysis will be discussed and illustrated in this chapter. Process normally implies a beginning and end, as well as a series of stages or steps by which one can measure progress. In hermeneutic phenomenological analysis, this notion of process is tricky. There is a beginning of sorts—analysis begins with data collection. As the researcher begins constructing the field text through interviews and observation, the researcher cannot help but begin reading this text (and hence analyzing and interpreting its meaning). There is an ending in the narrative text that is produced, although this ending is understood as tentative and historically bound. The process of analysis can be characterized as moving ...
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