Plan for this week: looking through data

Step 0: Background preparation

• Read through Robson's guidance on qualitative interview data analysis
  
• Read through the relevant part of the dissertation guide to remind myself what I'm supposed to be doing
  

Step 1: Saving and reading  

• I'll save clean copies of each transcript and print each out.
  
• I'll read three times through each of the seven interview transcripts.
  

Step 2: Reflecting on emergent themes in relation to research questions and literature

• I'll look back over my research questions.
  
• I'll think about common themes that have emerged from the transcripts, particularly in relation to the research questions. I won't get bogged down by looking at non-directly relevant information, however interesting it is.
  

Step 3a: Synthesis

• I'll put the common themes into some form of grid - paper or digital, probably the latter. I need to get the column titles right before the second part of this step...
  
• I'll add the relevant sections/quotes from each interview into the relevant columns.
  

If I manage all this, I'll have had a really effective week, dependent on the quality of the emergent themes. Next week I'll try and draw some conclusions.