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Focused Conversation Data Analysis

Level of Questions Purpose Questions to Answer

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9 To examine the 9 What do you see?
data 9 What factual statements
Objective Level 9 To identify can you make based on the
factual data?
information

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9 To encourage 9 What surprised you?
participants to 9 What encouraged you?
Reflective Level make connections 9 What discouraged you?
9 To encourage free 9 How does this make you
flow of ideas and feel?
imagination

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9 To identify 9 What does the data tell
patterns and us? What new insights do
Interpretive Level determine their you have?
significance or 9 What good news is there
meaning for us to celebrate?
9 To articulate 9 What doesn’t it tell us and
underlying what else might we need to
insights know?
9 What areas of need seem
to arise?

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9 To propose next 9 What are our proposed
steps next steps?
Decisional Level 9 To develop an 9 What decisions can we
action plan make?
9 To make decisions 9 What is our action plan for
9 To experience moving forward?
“coming together”

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Data Conversation Step Your Comments

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