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Interpreting Studies Resources for Organizing and Writing Your Thesis or Action Research Project

RESOURCES for ANALYZING and INTERPRETING DATA 

Below are a list of eBooks with suggested chapters to assist you. Sign in with your WOU username and password when prompted:

Fundamentals of Qualitative Research
Key Chapters: Chapter 4-A Survey of Qualitative Data Analytic Methods and Chapter 5-Writing and Presenting Qualitative Research 
 

 

Qualitative data an introduction to coding and analysis
Key Chapters: Part III Analyzing Your First Research Study--Coding: the Basic Idea, Making the Text Manageable, Developing a theory, Convincing Other People 

 

 

Analyzing Quantitative Data : An Introduction for Social Researchers
Key Chapters: Part 1-Summarizing Data, Part 2-Statistical Tests, Part 3-Applying Data 

 

 

 

Introduction to Quantitative Data Analysis in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Key Chapters: Chapter 3-Analysis Issues and and Potential Pitfalls, Chapter 4-Graphically Representing Data, and Chapter 6--Overview of the Data Analysis Process