[Informatics] Informatics Performance Descriptors Question

Wed May 10 16:06:35 AEST 2017

Good afternoon,

On coding qualitative data, the way I read it is:

·         Gather qualitative data through primary (surveys/interviews etc) and/or secondary sources (articles/reports/experts)

·         Code the data by grouping into like areas (this is the physical coding that is described in the performance descriptors)

·         Once the data is coded, you use software tools such as Microsoft Excel, to develop a chart that can explain the relationship between the coded items in a more visually appealing way.

I do NOT think where the criterion lists “software tools” it’s in creating a word cloud from all of the literary documents you could find on your issue through Google Scholar, however interesting that exercise might be.

I don’t know whether any of our students are looking into machine learning because coding qualitative data seems clearly a task that needs manual (human) interpretation, or getting the computer to learn where to place the data.  Is anyone on list using any CAQDAS  (no not cactus) software?  (For more basic information on this, refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_qualitative_data_analysis_software )

Lucas

From: informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Vera Cook
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Probably but there are many words which can have ambiguous meanings and that does make it more difficult to interpret the study design. I have been to all of the main study design sessions and still fine questions like this come up.

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Thanks Richard and Vera

Would ‘manual’ be a better word in the descriptor, rather than ‘physical’?

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Hi,

I would say, because codifying is a way of sorting a wide range of responses to an open-ended question into groups or categories, that it is a manual process that involves inspecting the responses. So, it could be a simple as marking up the list of responses to a question with different highlighters, or assigning a key to them, then tallying up the numbers.

They should be able to show evidence of this process, whether they have done it in a spreadsheet or on paper forms.

Richard
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Hi all –

Data collection performance descriptor states:

Thoroughly and systematically
prepares the data for
manipulation by selected
software tools including codifying
all qualitative data using
appropriate physical techniques
or software tools.

What are some appropriate ‘physical techniques’ that are applicable to this descriptor?

-          Pat

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