Strategies to Organize and Manage Qualitative Data

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Qualitative data has been described as voluminous and sometimes overwhelming to the researcher. Discuss two strategies that would help a researcher manage and organize the data.

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Strategies to Organize and Manage Qualitative Data

Qualitative data is described as voluminous and at times, overwhelming because it includes detailed data sets that are at times, lengthy. Techniques used to gather data in qualitative research are unstructured, thus give unstructured data. Qualitative data can be in the form of videos, audios, focus groups, experiences, or images. Due to the techniques used in information gathering, researchers analyze participant’s information and attempts to find the meaning of the experiences, and then describe the experiences to have a more in-depth understanding. Thus, data organization and management are vital…

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