INVESTIGATING THESES MADE BY USING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN TERMS OF SOME VARIABLES
NİTEL ARAŞTIRMA YÖNTEMİNE SAHİP TEZLERİN BAZI DEĞİŞKENLER AÇISINDAN İNCELENMESİ

Author : Özlem ÜZÜMCÜ -- Ömer Faruk VURAL
Number of pages : 327-340

Abstract

Qualitative data analysis is one of the most important stages of qualitative research method. In this study, PhD and masters’ theses were investigated thoroughly from the point of their data analysis parts and different aspects of the analysis. Therefore, document analysis was used in this study. Data were composed from the 113 accessible theses published at Higher Education Board web site in years 2013, 2014 and 2015. More than one data collecting technique was used in theses and in more than half of them interview and document collecting were used. While validity information is given in 59% of the theses, reliability information is given in 51% of the theses. The most applied technique used in the theses to support validity and reliability is to get expert opinion from the field, after than the most used techniques are respectively triangulation, detailing, and record keeping.

Keywords

qualitative research, qualitative data analysis, qualitative data, val

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