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Gender responsive qualitative data analysis: Principles and practices
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Session learning outcomes
By the end of the session, participants should be able to:
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Session contribution to the course learning objectives
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Session outline
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DAY 1
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Introduction
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Introduction…cont’d
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Introduction… cont’d
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Introduction… cont’d
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Introduction… cont’d
Gender Analysis reveals …
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Introduction…cont’d
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Example 1: A study by Olaosebikan et al.(2017) on cassava trait preferences of men and women farmers in Nigeria quotes:
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Example 2 : A study by Isaac et. el. (2017) on farmer culinary testing and grain (sorghum) quality in Mali
Why did women not appreciate varieties with higher amounts of bran?
“...because they consider the actual yield of the grain after decortication, a different measure than the yield data collected at harvest time and after threshing”.
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Example 2… cont’d
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Caution!
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Qualitative Data Analysis Process: Key Steps
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Introduction
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The process of qualitative data analysis
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Analysis during the field: Essentials
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Analysis during the field… cont’d
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Analysis during the field… cont’d
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Exercise 1: Preliminary analysis in the field
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Remember!
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Exercise 2: Characteristics of good qualitative data
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Recap: Characteristics of good qualitative data… cont’d
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Analysis after the field: Step-by-step process
Hypotheses or new research questions
Findings
Reports and publications
From “raw” to “cooked” data: An Overview of the 4Cs
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The 4 C's focus on the following steps
A step-by-step process to qualitative data analysis
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Iterative and reflexive analytical process
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Dey (2005) summaries qualitative data analysis as describing, connecting and classifying which is done in a circular process (see figure below)
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Step 1: Transcription
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A sample Transcript
I: Among men, women, boys and girls, in a household who owns the resources?
R: In terms of controlling the granary and foodstuffs, the women are in charge but [laughs] if the man finds that his wife is careless or a drunkard the man takes full charge including the granary. [Phone rings and respondents stops talking…. 5 minutes]. Where was I? Oh, in terms of big resources such as cows, goats, houses, produce in large amounts are controlled by men [laughs]. In some cases, a man can give a cow or two to his wife to take care of, look after and feed it, however, the man still has a right to ask for the same cow and its offspring in case he wants to marry more wives. For me I encouraged my wife to have goats and I have let her control and she can sell [them] as hers; even when she sells sorghum I do not ask her to bring the money but she can use it for the home. So women have access to and not control ……and…… But on land, it is still hard to convince older men. However, there are some exceptions for example if women inherit lands from her maiden home she can be in charge
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Step 2: Data cleaning
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Step 3: Reviewing
Get to know your data
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Exercise 3: Review interview excerpts of your transcripts or shared case study data
Read some interview extracts from three of your transcripts (based on different methods used e.g FGDs, KIIs, IDI) or sample extracts provided to familiarize with the data.
Time: 30min
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Step 4: Organising data
Data can be organised in different ways
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Organising data…cont’d
Based on the reviewed extracts in exercise 3 and the above example, organise the data by question or topic
1hr 20min
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Template for organising data
Question/topic |
Participant 1: Responses |
Participant 2: Responses |
Participant 3: Responses |
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End of day task: Analysis of own data sets
Use your qualitative data sets (transcripts) to apply the analytical steps covered in the session
(Teams continue to analyse their data beyond the session time)
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Step 5: Coding
Definition of coding
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Coding… cont’d
Coding in qualitative research means:
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Coding considerations
Why?
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Coding process
Step 1: Read through your initial set of transcripts, field notes, documents—(read and re-read data at least twice, uninterrupted)
Why? Interruptions hinder you from getting a sense of the totality of your data
“As you read through your data, certain words, phrases, patterns of behavior, respondents’ way of thinking, and events repeat and stand out”. (Bogdan and Biklen 2007, p. 173)
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Coding process… cont’d
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Coding process… cont’d
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Coding process… cont’d
Step 3: Reflect on connections between codes and known theory.
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Remember!
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Exercise 5: Practicing coding
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Coding example
Question | Response | Codes |
What measures are you putting in place to ensure that women farmers are targeted and that the technology benefits both men and women? | I will have to set up field trials on female farmers’ field for female farmer groups, train and provide technical support on the new technology. Let me tell you something, it is not as if the omen have been entirely ignored ooo. it is difficult deal with them in the event of their culture.She cannot come to the meeting except the husband approves. So if you try to deal with them separately without the approval of the men, it pre-suggests that you are making them rebellious and defying the tenets of their culture. So it is dicey but I believe there is still some hope to make a conscious effort to involve the women considering their choices | Training Technical support Cultural difficulties Husband approval Rebellious to culture Hope for involving women Considering women’s choices |
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An example of a code sheet
No. | Code | Meaning |
1. | Training | Any text about equipping farmers with agricultural related skills |
2. | Technical Support | Any text about proving any form of technical assistance such as supervision of the farms and advice |
3. | Husband approval | Any text about the cultural practice where a woman must seek her husband’s permission before doing anything (e.g involvement in farmer trials, attending meetings, going to the market, visiting friends and relatives) |
4. | Cultural beliefs | Any text with cultural beliefs, values and perceptions in a community |
5. | Women’s choices | Any text about what women prefer and why |
6. | Men’s choices | Any text about what men prefer and why |
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After coding my data: what next?
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Step 6: Creating categories/themes
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Themes/subthemes/categories/sub categories
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Exercise 6: Identifying categories/themes from the coded data
Time: 1 hr 20 min
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Example: Emerging categories/themes
Question | Codes | Emerging categories/themes |
What measures are you putting in place to ensure that women farmers are targeted and that the technology benefits both men and women? | Training Technical support Cultural difficulties
Husband approval Rebellious to culture
Hope for involving women Considering women’s choices | Training support
Increased involvement of women
Cultural barriers
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Step 7: Identifying patterns & connections
Key themes lead to identification of patterns and connections
E.g.: One may start to see that women tend not to be invited for variety dissemination meetings due to cultural barriers associated with women’s mobility, husband permissions and perceptions and stereotypes among extension workers about women not often attending meetings
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Step 8: Interpretation
Note:
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Interpretation… cont’d
Quotations should:
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Interpretation… cont’d
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Step 9: Reporting the findings
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Reporting the findings… cont’d
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Ensuring trustworthiness of the analysis
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Ensuring trustworthiness of the analysis…cont’d
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Ensuring trustworthiness of the analysis…cont’d
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Video clip: A summary of qual. analytical process
Lofgren, K. Qualitative Analysis of Interview Data: A Step by Step Guide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRL4PF2u9XA
10 min
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Computer packages for qualitative data analysis: An overview
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Tips
A good qualitative researcher should have:
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Take home message
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End of day task: Analysis of own data sets
Continue to practice coding and identifying themes during your free time and do the following:
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Thank you!
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Citations
Basit, N.T. (2003) Manual or electronic? The role of coding in qualitative data analysis. Educational Research, Vol. 45 No. 2 pp. 143–154.
Bogdan, R.C. and Biklen, S.K.(2007) Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theory and Methods. 5th Edition, Allyn & Bacon, Boston, USA
Bryman, A. (2012) Social Research methods. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Dey, I. (2005) Qualitative Data Analysis: A user-friendly guide for social scientists Routledge, Taylor and Francis group. London and New York.
Gibbs, G. (2009) Analysing Qualitative Data [16paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 11(3), Art. 4, Available at: (https://www.zapmeta.ws/ws?q=analysis%20of%20qualitative%20data&asid=ws_gc11_10&mt=b&nw=g&de=c&ap=1o1) (accessed 10th June, 2016)
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Citations
Hutch J.M. (2002) Doing qualitative research in education settings. State University of New York. New York
Lecompte, M. and Schensul, J (1999) Analyzing and Interpreting Ethnographic Data. Walnut Creek: Sage Publications: Walnut Creek
Lofgren, K. (undated). Qualitative Analysis of Interview Data: A Step by Step Guide. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRL4PF2u9XA (accessed 10th July, 2017)
Taylor-Powell, E and Renner, M. (2003) Analysing qualitative data. University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, available at: https://learningstore.uwex.edu/assets/pdfs/g3658-12.pdf, (accessed 10th June, 2016)
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