Data Collection and Management Techniques for a Qualitative Research Plan

• Consider the kinds of data that would be most useful and relevant for your qualitative research plan. (ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE FOR SCHIZOPHRENICS)
• Consider whether observation would be an appropriate way to collect data for your qualitative study. Why or why not? If yes, what would you need to consider (legal or ethical issues, bias, context, etc.)?
• Consider whether interviewing is an appropriate way to collect data for your qualitative study. Why or why not? If yes, what would you need to consider (legal or ethical issues, bias, context, etc.)? What questions would you ask? How do you know these are good and appropriate questions for your research? What kind of interviewing protocol would you need to develop?
• For the data collection techniques you would use, think about what data management techniques you would employ. How would you organize your data? How could a software package such as NVivo assist you with managing your data?
  • Remember, you are not expected to collect data for the qualitative research plan, only to plan out what could be done.
  • Craft a 3-page paper in which you do the following:
    • Recommend data collection and data management techniques appropriate for your qualitative research plan.
      • Remember, you are not expected to collect data for the qualitative research plan, only to plan out what could be done.
      • Explain how NVivo could be used to assist with data organization and management.
  • REFERENCES:
  • http://onlineqda.hud.ac.uk/Intro_QDA/how_what_to_code.php
  • Software
    • NVivoThis week, consider how a software package can assist a researcher in managing the collected data that needs to be coded and analyzed.
    • Creswell, J.W. (2013). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches (3^rd.ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc.Patton, M.Q. (2002). Qualitative research and evaluation methods. (3^rd. ed). Thousand Oaks,  CA: Sage Publications, I