Juan Is a Qualitative Researcher Studying the Lives of High

question 78

Multiple Choice

Juan is a qualitative researcher studying the lives of high school students in a rural community. He spends one day a week for 10 weeks in the school observing the social interactions of the students as they arrive, during lunch, and at after school activities. He also interviews the students and teachers. As he is reviewing the interview data, he remembers one day from the observations where he was perplexed about why the students interacted as they did. He jots down a note that reminds him that this interview provides them with a theory about the interactions he observed. This process of jotting notes as he examines the data is called:

• A) Memoing
• B) Transcription
• C) Facesheet coding
• D) Drawing diagrams

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Definitions:

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