Making Sense of Data

How Public Health Graduate Students Build Theory Through Qualitative Research Techniques

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5454838
AutoresMary C Wright (0000-0002-9422-2522, University of Michigan, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen17
Número1
Páginas94-101
Fecha de publicación2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732306294296
PMID17170247
OpenAlexW2128749279
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas10

Data interpretation and theory building are two key skills often taught in health sciences qualitative methods courses. However, little is known about how novice researchers make sense of data, as well as how their thought processes differ from those of expert researchers. In this classroom research project, the author explores how qualitative methods students in a public health graduate program describe their processes of making sense of data and building theory. She then compares these processes with 'expert' guidelines to draw implications for how to enhance teaching in a qualitative research class

Graduate students · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Statistics Education and Methodologies