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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Define analytic field notes and explain how they differ from descriptive field notes.
- Explain why making note of mundane details is a good idea.
- Describe the process by which field researchers analyze their data.
- Define grounded theory.
Field notes are data. But moving from having pages of data to presenting findings from a field study in a way that will make sense to others requires that those data be analyzed. Analysis of field research data is the focus in this final section of the chapter.
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