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Best of AEA365: Participatory Qualitative Data Analysis by JT Taylor & Emily Drake

Leave a Comment / Qualitative Methods / August 25, 2021 August 20, 2021

Hi folks! I’m JT Taylor, Director of Research and Evaluation at Learning for Action (LFA), and I’m here with my colleague Emily Drake, Senior Consultant and Director of Portfolio Alignment. LFA is a San Francisco-based firm that enhances the impact and sustainability of social sector organizations through evaluation, research, strategy development, and capacity-building services. Emily …

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Analyzing Interview Data by Beverly Peters

Leave a Comment / Qualitative Methods, Uncategorized / December 20, 2020 October 27, 2020

Greetings! I am Beverly Peters, assistant professor of Measurement and Evaluation at American University. This is the final article in a 5-part series on Using Interviews for Monitoring and Evaluation. In previous articles, we discussed conducting good interviews, including crafting good questions and interview guides, and learning the skills of a good interviewer. Before you …

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EEE Week: Teresa McCoy on Football, Technology, and Qualitative Methods

1 Comment / Extension Education Evaluation / June 14, 2015 May 22, 2015

My name is Teresa McCoy and I work as an Assistant Director of University of Maryland Extension (UME) with responsibility for evaluation and assessment. Like many Extension colleagues, my evaluation department consisted of me until last year when I was able to hire an additional person. The two of us have responsibility across all program …

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JT Taylor and Emily Drake on Participatory Qualitative Data Analysis

1 Comment / Qualitative Methods / October 9, 2014 September 26, 2014

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Shirah Hecht on Common Desktop Software for Qualitative Data Analysis Part II: Microsoft Word’s Outline Mode: Interviews or Participant Observation Notes

1 Comment / Qualitative Methods / September 18, 2013 April 15, 2014

Shirah Hecht here again, with a second method to move qualitative data efficiently from analysis to presentation using common desktop software. Outline mode in Microsoft Word allows you to place text under headers and sub-headers that can be expanded, collapsed, and re-ordered – taking all of the text, when you move a header. With this …

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Shirah Hecht on Common Desktop Software for Qualitative Data Analysis Part I: Pivot Tables in Excel: Open-Ended Survey Responses and Focus Group Comments

3 Comments / Qualitative Methods / September 17, 2013 April 15, 2014

I am Shirah Hecht and am an independent researcher and non-profit program evaluator. Qualitative data can be overwhelming, and challenging to reach valid conclusions. Here is the first of two methods to move qualitative data efficiently from analysis to presentation using common desktop software. Excel’s Pivot tables lets you flexibly create subgroups and report standard …

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