DOCUMENT ANALYSIS & ARTEFACTS.

JOHN ROMERO JOHN NIO MARCELO TORRES

There are 3 primary qualitative data collection .

KIND OF DOCUMENTS
Official Program Records Official Documents Outside reports

KIND OF DOCUMENTS
Personal Records Audio-visual material Electronic

ADVANTAGES
Check and balance Retrospective data Chronology of events

Data not gathered during interviews or observations

Efficient method to collect certain kinds of data

Formal, stated goals of program

Convenient

DISADVANTAGES
May be misleading Poorly written by poor observer You cant probe deeper Documents may not contain data needed

DOCUMENT SUMMARY FORM

Name or description of document Event or contact, if any, with which document is associated Significance or importance of document Brief summary of contents Include: site, date received/picked up (see Miles & Huberman)

DOCUMENT SUMMARY FORM

Name of document Significance Brief Summary of Contents Date Received/Picked Up

Which case study or area it belongs to

Adapted from Miles M.B. and Hubermann, M.A. (1994). Qualitative Case Analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

WHAT DO DOCUMENTS ADD

Factual information Different points of view Detail Enhance understanding census data newspaper articles minutes books dissertations e-mails correspondence newspaper archives

History