Framed in the field of human sciences research, this paper is aimed at critically analyzing the issue of consistency between data gathering technique and data analysis method in qualitative research, starting from a study based on written narratives of patients who had suffered from leukemia, during their childhood/adolescence (Zannini et al., 2014). Even if we collected patients' narratives, we did not choose Narrative Inquiry as research method, but we decided for a Grounded Theory study (Strauss & Corbin, 1990), a method that allow researchers to reconstruct the "theory", which participants have developed on a certain phenomenon/process. The discussion of the paper is focused on the methodological issues, considering data analysis as a process that does not depend exclusively on data characteristics (i.e. narrative), but also on research questions and, consequently, on the selected research method.

Collocandosi all’interno dell’orizzonte della ricerca in scienze umane, l’articolo si propone di analizzare criticamente la questione della coerenza tra metodo di raccolta dati e modalità della loro analisi nella ricerca qualitativa, a partire da uno studio basato su narrazioni scritte di pazienti, che avevano sviluppato la leucemia durante l’infanzia/adolescenza (Zannini et al., 2014). Benché la ricerca avesse raccolto materiale narrativo, la scelta metodologica non era stata quella della Narrative Inquiry (Clandinin, Connelly, 2000), bensì si era optato per il metodo della Grounded Theory (GT) (Strauss, Corbin, 1990), che permette di ricostruire la “teoria” che i partecipanti hanno rispetto a un determinato fenomeno/processo. La discussione si concentra sugli aspetti metodologici, mettendo in luce come l’analisi effettuata sui dati non dipende esclusivamente dalla loro natura (per es. narrativa), ma dai quesiti e, conseguentemente, dal metodo di ricerca prescelto

Zannini, L., Gambacorti Passerini, M. (2016). Coherence between data gathering technique and data analysis method in qualitative studies. A research experience based on leukemia survivors' narratives. ENCYCLOPAIDEIA, 20(44), 89-105 [10.6092/issn.1825-8670/5686].

Coherence between data gathering technique and data analysis method in qualitative studies. A research experience based on leukemia survivors' narratives

Zannini, L;Gambacorti Passerini, MB
2016

Abstract

Framed in the field of human sciences research, this paper is aimed at critically analyzing the issue of consistency between data gathering technique and data analysis method in qualitative research, starting from a study based on written narratives of patients who had suffered from leukemia, during their childhood/adolescence (Zannini et al., 2014). Even if we collected patients' narratives, we did not choose Narrative Inquiry as research method, but we decided for a Grounded Theory study (Strauss & Corbin, 1990), a method that allow researchers to reconstruct the "theory", which participants have developed on a certain phenomenon/process. The discussion of the paper is focused on the methodological issues, considering data analysis as a process that does not depend exclusively on data characteristics (i.e. narrative), but also on research questions and, consequently, on the selected research method.
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Data analysis; Data gathering; Grounded theory; Illness narratives; Narrative inquiry; Qualitative research;
Data Analysis; Grounded Theory; Narrative Inquiry; Data Gathering; Illness Narratives; Qualitative Research
analisi dei dati; Grounded Theory; Narrative Inquiry; raccolta dei dati; ricerca qualitativa.
Italian
2016
20
44
89
105
open
Zannini, L., Gambacorti Passerini, M. (2016). Coherence between data gathering technique and data analysis method in qualitative studies. A research experience based on leukemia survivors' narratives. ENCYCLOPAIDEIA, 20(44), 89-105 [10.6092/issn.1825-8670/5686].
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