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If you have a project which needs to set basic ground-rules with respect to these data management issues, you might like to prepare a handout that can be given out at this point.
If you have a project which needs to set basic ground-rules with respect to these data management issues, you might like to prepare a handout that can be given out at this point.


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Main issues we suggest should be considered here are:
Main issues we suggest should be considered here are:
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Translation is often a big issue for projects that have limited resources. There is a {{HOA|handout on issues of translation}} used in the previous session which discusses some general principles. But in practice hard decisions may need to be taken about whether (or how much) to transcribe recorded interviews or focus group discussions; when (and how much) to translate; and who should translate, as well as what kinds of quality controls will be introduced to ensure the data are good enough for coding and eventual possible citation.
Translation is often a big issue for projects that have limited resources. There is a {{Template:RECOUP/HOA|handout on issues of translation}} used in the previous session which discusses some general principles. But in practice hard decisions may need to be taken about whether (or how much) to transcribe recorded interviews or focus group discussions; when (and how much) to translate; and who should translate, as well as what kinds of quality controls will be introduced to ensure the data are good enough for coding and eventual possible citation.


=Introduction to qualitative data analysis=
=Introduction to qualitative data analysis=
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'''Process:'''
'''Process:'''


You can use the PowerPoint {{PRA|Presentation on Qualitative Data Analysis}} as the basis for this session. We suggest that you break up the flow with a series of full-group brainstorms or small-group tasks. For example:
You can use the PowerPoint {{Template:RECOUP/PRA|Presentation on Qualitative Data Analysis}} as the basis for this session. We suggest that you break up the flow with a series of full-group brainstorms or small-group tasks. For example:


* Ask people what they see as the main differences and similarities between the analysis of quantitative and of qualitative data.  
* Ask people what they see as the main differences and similarities between the analysis of quantitative and of qualitative data.  
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'''Process:'''
'''Process:'''


If you want to run this just as a general introduction to CAQDAS (Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software), we suggest you use the attached {{PRA|Presentation on CAQDAS}} with worked examples from projects with which you are familiar.
If you want to run this just as a general introduction to CAQDAS (Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software), we suggest you use the attached {{Template:RECOUP/PRA|Presentation on CAQDAS}} with worked examples from projects with which you are familiar.


There is a {{HOA|Handout on CAQDAS}}: you could give this out at the end of this session
There is a {{Template:RECOUP/HOA|Handout on CAQDAS}}: you could give this out at the end of this session




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We are not recommending any particular CAQDAS package: to our minds, each has its strengths and weaknesses. For further information on Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis, see [[CAQDAS]].
We are not recommending any particular CAQDAS package: to our minds, each has its strengths and weaknesses. For further information on Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis, see [[RECOUP/CAQDAS|CAQDAS]].
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