Table of Contents

I. Introduction....................................................................... 1
Introduction to the Handbook....................................... 1
Learning Objectives.................................................... 2
Guiding Principles...................................................... 2
What This Handbook Does Not Do............................... 2
Why Do We Need Data Analysis?................................... 3
II. Ways of Thinking About Data......................................... 5
Data is............................................................................... 5
Qualitative Data............................................................... 7
Quantitative Data............................................................ 8
Data Strategies................................................................. 9
III. Conceptualizing Data Analysis as a Process................ 13
The Problem with Data Analysis................................ 13
Data Analysis as a Linear Process.................................. 14
Data Analysis as a Cycle................................................. 15
IV. Managing the Data Analysis Process ......................... 22
Developing a Team........................................................ 22
Planning......................................................................... 24
Data Management......................................................... 25
Writing........................................................................... 26
Evaluation...................................................................... 26

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