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• Coding guide/Start list
• 10 Initial codes with
initial proposition
statements
• 3 Emergent codes
Data Reduction
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Chapter 4 Research Method
Figure 4.4: Stages of analysis of interviews and observations
The final data collection method to be discussed is the staff attitude survey.
4.11 Staff Attitude Survey
The concept analysis revealed that staff attitudes toward older people is an
antecedent for resident autonomy. Therefore it was important to establish the
attitudes of the staff on the research unit and thus inform the case study. This section
describes how these data were collected including the survey used and its
distribution and subsequent analysis.
4.11.1 Choosing the Survey
Data Display
• Pattern coding
• Memoing
• Outcome proposition
statements
• Cross checking and
distilling
• Final outcome
propostion statements
Conclusion Drawing
and Verification
• Sub-themes
Kogan’s (1961) Attitude toward Old People scale (KAOP) was chosen from the
literature review. The instrument’s reliability has been found to be alpha 0.79 and it
is deemed to have good psychometric properties (Lambrinou et al., 2005). This
KAOP uses a Likert scale contains one set of 17 items expressing negative
Themes
sentiments about older people and a second set of 17 items expressing the reverse
positive statements. The positive and negative paired items are separated and
distributed at random across the scale. Positive items are scored from left to right
with “strongly disagree” being one point and “strongly agree” being six points.
Negative items are scored from right to left with “strongly disagree” being six points
and strongly agree being one point (Figure 4.5).The range of scores for the KAOP is