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- Data Sources—briefly describe each data source including location, duration of data collection, how data were recorded, and unusual circumstances.
- Two Scholars of Change videos
- One phone interview
- Resources from the Walden social change website
- Instrumentation—briefly describe the type of instrumentation you used for your data collection.
- Who developed each data collection tool and what is the date of publication?
- Where and with which participant group has it been used previously?
- How appropriate is it for current study and include whether modifications will be or were needed?
- Data Analysis—based on the data sources in “A.”, provide a detailed analysis to include the following:
- Report the process used to move inductively from coded units to larger representations including categories and themes.
- Describe the specific codes, categories, and themes that emerged from the data using quotations as needed to emphasize their importance.
- 1st cycle—describe, give examples.
- 2nd cycle—describe, give examples/moving from codes to categories.
- Identify themes—provide examples and illustrate your results with a figure or a chart.
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