Analyzing the data

  Collecting procedures; observations, interviews, records, diares, documents, etc. (oral and written)

The information must be identified, delimited and sort only the relevant segments of the evidence. It is important to identify the regularities and patterns of the collected data. Some techniques;

a)      Deriving a set of categories for dealing with text segments from the text itself. Inductive, descriptive and exploratory.

b)      An ordering system of categories already exists at the beginning of the process and the researches applies this system to the data.

-          Descriptive research analysis

The data is generally analyzed with the aid of descriptive statistics: frequencies, central tendencies and variabilites

-          Correlational research analysis

Correlation techniques are used for analyzing data obtained from descriptive research which examines existing relationships between variables, with no manipulation. Specific formulas are used.

-          Multiple research analysis

It is done with a set of techniques where a number of dependent variables and one or a number of independent variables are analyzed simultaneously (multiple regression, discriminant analysis and factor analysis)