¶ … manage and organize qualitative data. LeCompte (2000) notes that data can be organized using traditional organization techniques like creating files, cataloging, labeling, and creating indices. These techniques are often applied to qualitative data that comes in the form of field notes or other written information. Today, the information might be stored in a database on the computer. Often the data might be recorded on a smartphone or tablet, which will make it even easier to transfer to a computer. However, the techniques of indexing, cataloging and labeling are still used to manage large amounts of qualitative data.
It is important that the research is able to make sense of the data, but it should also be remembered that one of the most valuable traits of qualitative research is that it has a lot of flexibility with respect to how that data can be analyzed and presented. As such, it is important that the researcher is able to manage the data, and present it well. By finding new paradigms...
Further, in order to find new paradigms, the researcher needs to be creative with respect to organizing and managing the qualitative data. It is insufficient to simply follow a basic pattern of organization -- the researcher must determine his or her own patterns and methods.
The researcher is also likely to utilize selection to parse through large amounts of material, to find certain things. This can lead to selection bias, and in some cases the researcher needs to take great care that no selection bias occurs. However, there must be some natural method of seeking out the material that one needs, even from studies that deliver large volumes of material.
2. Data saturation in qualitative research is to get enough research that the findings are valuable. It is essentially the qualitative equivalent of having enough respondents for the results to be statistically…
