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Title: | Analysing and representing narrative data: The long and winding road | Contributor(s): | Hunter, Sally (author) | Publication Date: | 2010 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7434 | Abstract: | The analysis stage of a narrative inquiry project presents particular challenges. Finding the most suitable method of data analysis and presentation of the findings takes time and effort. It is important to make the most use of the data collected and to represent participants' narratives in a coherent and meaningful way. This paper reviews some of the analytic lenses used in narrative inquiry and explores some of the difficulties in representing narrative data. Using an example from a PhD study conducted into childhood sexual abuse, the researcher describes reasons for choosing a social constructionist approach, the intertwined processes of data analysis and writing up the thesis. Several data analysis processes were explored the process of analysis of narrativebiographical interviews was chosen (Rosenthal and Fisher-Rosenthal 2004). The practicalities of finding a suitable approach to data analysis are described. How this process could have been improved is examined, with the wisdom of hindsight. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Current Narratives, 1(2), p. 44-54 | Publisher: | University of Wollongong | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1837-0314 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 929999 Health not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://ro.uow.edu.au/currentnarratives/vol1/iss2/5 |
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