Visualizations
Visualizations support the iterative nature of qualitative research and can help you at each stage of the research process.
- Get started—set out and review initial ideas, hunches or theories related to your research question.
- Research design and data collection—show how you arrived at your approach to data collection and analysis.
- Data analysis (coding)—encourage deep thought by helping you build your knowledge about your research topic and gain a greater understanding of your project items.
- Final write-up—include visualizations in your memos to document your findings, and export image files to include in your report or presentation.
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Present or explore your project and coding. |
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See patterns in your coding or view the attribute values of cases and files. |
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Brainstorm your ideas and visualize your thoughts. |
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Define concepts and think through their connections. |
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Display the items and links in your project. |
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See what two project items have in common and where they differ. |
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Show all the items connected to a single project item. |
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Find patterns in your project by seeing similarities and difference between files or nodes. |
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Analyze social networks by displaying them as a diagram. |
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