"the process of making sense out of the data. And making sense out of data involves consolidating, reducing, & interpreting what people have said & what the researcher has seen & read – it is the process of making meaning” (Merriam, 1998, p. 178)

Overview of Analysis Steps

Use of Dedoose

QDA Consolidation

What does this mean?
What does this tell me about the nature of the phenomenon of interest?

Reporting Findings

• "Analysis and reporting are where reflexivity comes to the fore" (Patton, 2015, p. 604).
• Researchers needs to reflect on their own "personal epistemologies" (Rossman & Rallis, 1998, p. 25).
• "Think descriptions sets up and makes possible thick interpretation" (Patton, 2015, p. 606).