QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS AND

RIGOR IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

IMAS MASYITHOH
SULAIMAN QOMARUDDIN H.
RISA LAILATUL A.
M. ADIB FAHRUDDIN

RESEARCH ON
ELT II D
 A. Qualitative Data Analysis
Unpredictable data analysis. It depends on the instruments and method used. Yet, generally qualitative data
analysis take more time than quantitative inquiry. It has three stages:

1. Familiarizing and Organizing

Deepen the understanding about the data collection. It includes in before, while, and after taking the data.
2. Coding and Reducing
Enlarging data concept, breaking apart then selecting into specific data categories.
3. Interpreting and Representing
Explaining the data, in qualitative research, there is no strict rules of presenting the interpretation, as long
the researcher could adjust the model of sentences depending on the objective reader.
 B. RIGOR IN
QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH
 CREDIBILIT
Y
Credibility 2) Evidence based on consensus
It is internal validity in qualitative research. Peer review, means the acknowledgement of
Researcher has right of conducting the research the other researchers about certain research.
(assembling, interpreting, making conclusion) and It is covered all aspects in research. From
modify them as well. Below are types of credibility: the content to the interpretation.
1) Evidence based on structural corroboration
There is data triangulation: researcher decides to use
one instrument, procedure, method or more, to vary
the perspective understanding in phenomena
appeared.
CREDIBILIT
Y 4) Evidence based on theoretical adequacy
3) Evidence based on referential or
interpretive adequacy
Member checks as the feedback
given by participants, could be the
indication of research accuracy.
It shows how much theories affect to data,
assembling - before and after research
conducted.
5) Evidence based on control of bias
Since researcher’s bias might be invalidity of
the research, reflexivity needed.
Its function is to bring researcher on
understanding his bias, then make data analysis
from his journal as reference and checking the
truth.
TRANSFERABILI
TY
Nasution (2019) explained that the transferability test
(Transferability) is a technique for carrying out external
validity inside qualitative research. This test can show
the degree of accuracy or can Samples taken, and
transferability is meaning empirical requirements when
agreed.
 DEPENDABILITY
Dependability is a way to make and get consistency
of data will be found by the researcher so that
the data can be dependable. Qualitative
researchers speak of dependability rather than
reliability. Recall that, reliability in quantitative
research has to do with consistency of
behaviour, or the extent to which data and
findings would be similar if the study were
replicated.
One way to make the dependable data was by
applying triangulation.
Thus, to get the dependability of data analysis, the
writer used theories triangulation. In this study,
the writer watched and read the script of
“Enchanted” movie many times and then
classified data based on language functions
theories and messages to get consistency.
CONFIRMABILIT
Y
While it seems to be impossible conducting such or certain research
topic in quantitative research, qualitative research might be another choice.
Then, to extent neutrality, confirmability appears as one of rigor in
qualitative research. Documentation is only criterion in confirmability that
does not use previous strategies. It use Audit trail. Thus, the rest –
Corroboration uses Triangulation and Peer review strategies and Control
bias uses Reflexivity strategies.
 REFERENCES
Nasution, Y. 2019. A Teacher’s Strategies in Teaching English to Visually Impaired Students at Yaketuinis Junior High School: a Case
Study. UII Web-press. 340-376.
Ary, D. Jacobs, L. D., Sorensen, C., Razevieh, A. Introduction to Research in Education 8 th Edition. Wadsworth Cengange Learning.
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