Qualitative Analyses
You have been provided with excerpts from transcripts evaluating the experience of being hospitalized. You are to code the transcripts and identify the common themes that emerge. With the themes identified, you are to write up your qualitative findings remembering to tell the story- describe what the theme is, how it appeared and give illustrations supporting what you are describing.
This assignment will develop your skills in data coding and categorization in order to describe the essence or meaning from qualitative data. You are being given short responses from multiple individuals – the actual data set would be much larger.
This is a qualitative study looking at the phenomenon of the“patient experience”while being hospitalized. The purpose of the study is to gather information as to how patients view the experience- what do they perceive as excellent and what do they perceive as problematic. The overall research question is “What is the experience of quality care for adult patients hospitalized in an acute care facility?
This assignment has three components and can be submitted in a single WORD document. Please use APA6th edition format (worth 3 points). The transcripts portion of the paper can all be single spaced.
The three components of this assignment are worth a total of 25 points.
#1 In Vivo coding. Within each Transcript (5 points)
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Read the transcripts at least once with no coding at all- get familiar with the data.
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Complete line by line in-vivo coding of your data; use the transcript file itself. Use highlighting, and comments to provide the in-vivo coding.
#2 A Diagram. Across Transcripts (5 points)
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Look for similar findings across transcripts…these represent patterns in your data
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Collapse common codes together into categories and themes
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Present your themes making sure that you attach illustrations to theme as well as your own conceptual discussion.
#3 A Narrative. Tell the Story (12 points)
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The paper is to be a presentation of the major findings from your analysis.
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It is to combine your personal analysis (themes, categories and codes) with extracted illustrations to support your analysis.
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It should be written making sure you are answering the research question(s).
Formatting and your presentation are worth an additional 3 points. Except for the single spacing in the transcripts with the in vivo coding, use APA6th edition formatting.