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Finding the stories: a novice qualitative researcher learns to analyse narrative inquiry data.

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Lewis, L
Published in: Nurse researcher
September 2019

Qualitative research skills, especially those used in narrative inquiry, are challenging to develop. While the literature provides guidance on some techniques, such as collecting data, few authors share the complex process of data analysis.To offer a possible road map for novice researchers learning to analyse data generated by narrative inquiry.The author describes how a novice qualitative researcher analysed data collected using narrative inquiry with nursing students who failed and then repeated a course. This article shares a step-by-step explanation of how data were analysed, including using qualitative data analysis software to manage the data.The process of analysing qualitative data is ill-defined, with great variability among researchers and methodologies. It can be valuable for novice researchers to consider the experiences of others when planning their analysis.

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Nurse researcher

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EISSN

2047-8992

ISSN

1351-5578

Publication Date

September 2019

Volume

26

Issue

2

Start / End Page

14 / 18

Related Subject Headings

  • Students, Nursing
  • Research Personnel
  • Qualitative Research
  • Narration
  • Learning
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4204 Midwifery
  • 1110 Nursing
 

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Lewis, L. (2019). Finding the stories: a novice qualitative researcher learns to analyse narrative inquiry data. Nurse Researcher, 26(2), 14–18. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2018.e1578
Lewis, Lisa. “Finding the stories: a novice qualitative researcher learns to analyse narrative inquiry data.Nurse Researcher 26, no. 2 (September 2019): 14–18. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2018.e1578.
Lewis, Lisa. “Finding the stories: a novice qualitative researcher learns to analyse narrative inquiry data.Nurse Researcher, vol. 26, no. 2, Sept. 2019, pp. 14–18. Epmc, doi:10.7748/nr.2018.e1578.

Published In

Nurse researcher

DOI

EISSN

2047-8992

ISSN

1351-5578

Publication Date

September 2019

Volume

26

Issue

2

Start / End Page

14 / 18

Related Subject Headings

  • Students, Nursing
  • Research Personnel
  • Qualitative Research
  • Narration
  • Learning
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4204 Midwifery
  • 1110 Nursing