Analysis On Trial
Angelina DolanAdelphi International Research andCatherine AylandBridge Associates
Introduction
This paper reports the results of a study designed to investigate the possible impact of differing approaches to the analysis of qualitative data on the outputs from those analyses. The objective of the study was to examine how the approach taken to the analysis of qualitative data impacts upon the findings and their consequent interpretation. The study involved the use of a traditional research methodology within the context of a project designed to answer real questions.
Three schools of analysis were included in...