Qualitative Data Analysis: Making it Easy for Nurse Researcher
Qualitative data analysis is less prescribed than statistical analysis as its goal is the discovery of new ideas and their associations, a new nursing researcher of qualitative study may find it as a great challenge. Fortunately, techniques, strategies, and procedures have been developed to help qualitative researchers extract meaning from their data (including software) and interpret it in ways that enhance our understanding of complex phenomena. This paper provides an overview of the process of coding and category systems for qualitative data, which is an important part of developing and refining interpretations in interview, focus group or observational data.