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=__**Thinking with People--An Exercise in Data Analysis**__= //**Syllabus (Assignment #4): []**//

Assignment "Key Take-Aways:"**
 * **Qualitative Analysis of AR Survey**
 * Qualtrics Survey Application:
 * Log-in (http://qualtrics.com)
 * Username: mriel@pepperdine.edu
 * Password: MALTcadre
 * Assignment Due:
 * Will discuss results in Orlando (Jan 25th)
 * Each of your groups will be making a 10-minute presentation.
 * The end result will be a paragraph or two defining action research.
 * Lastly…
 * Don't panic--Think Legos at virtcamp
 * Grade will be an A if your group attempts a solution
 * **Purpose:**
 * To experiment with research methods, and run into problems that researchers face as a community
 * Then we will use these problems as a way of taking about the shared conventions that researchers have evolved for handling this problems
 * **Goal (three-fold):**
 * to help you build a deeper understanding of action research
 * to surface issues and methods in doing research--validity and reliability
 * to help you craft a section in your report that describes the approach (action research ) that you are using.
 * **Task(s):**
 * Decide what a number of action researchers mean by “action research”
 * You will be making a claim. Then you will support your claim with evidence that you can point to and then draw an inference from your analysis-- this is your warranted claim.
 * Find the major themes or ideas that some group of respondents used to describe action research.
 * Use your action research books for ideas on how to analyze data
 * There are many different ways of doing this and your group should decide on a method of analysis. Depending on what you want to know, you might not need to use all of the below suggestions:
 * You may want to code each phase and then combine similar codes and find a way to organize your results into themes.
 * The responses might fall into different categories based on some dimensions that you discover when you read them as a set.
 * You might want to consider who made the statements.


 * **RESOURCES:**
 * CCAR website - Collecting and Examing Evidence webpage: http://ccar.wikispaces.com/Analyze+Data