Abstract
In this chapter, we describe the main tools of qualitative analysis, from the approach used for a representative sampling to transcription of information, coding and triangulation of the obtained data. Transcription consists of a pre-analysis of the material in which the researcher systematizes the information for further analysis, while coding consists of the treatment of qualitative data by naming passages of text and categorizing their contents. Finally, the triangulation of data seeks to confront results, with the purpose of evaluating the reliability and generalizations of interpreted information. With this, we hope to provide methodological support to ethnobiologists who choose to direct their investigations from a qualitative approach.
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Coding is to identify passages of different people that relate to the same “code” developed by researchers, see Sect. 3 of this chapter.
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“Tell a little about the “x” relation to your life story?” e.g., the “x” being the observed phenomenon, usually lead to chronological narratives that reflect individual and shared experiences of people with their collective contexts (institutional, political, etc.) and socioeconomic (childhood, professional training, marriage, paternity, etc.) [13].
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E.g., developing a book listing all the codes used in the analysis and descriptions of their meanings, helping to identify and adjust the categorizations of the research [17].
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Here we emphasize the importance of using computer software to organize this large amount of data, see Sect. 3 of this chapter.
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de Sousa, D.C.P., Magalhães, H.F., de Oliveira, E.S., Albuquerque, U.P. (2019). Qualitative Data Analysis. In: Albuquerque, U., de Lucena, R., Cruz da Cunha, L., Alves, R. (eds) Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology . Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8919-5_5
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