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2. Deepening the analysisIn order to identify trends within and eventually across countries with regard to the guidingquestions, it will be necessary to capture people’s inputs from different perspectives. It will, forinstance, be important to record people’s feedback with regard to:Frequency: How many people bring up a specific point or issue?Priority: What level of importance do people give to a specific point or issue?Origin: Do certain stakeholder groups in particular bring up this point or issue?Time: Do people consider a specific point or issue as more important now than be-fore?Resonance: Is there a high level of energy when people talk about this issue?Do they offer new stories to illustrate and build on the points that have been raised?Conflicts of interestThere are different methods for capturing this information. For example:In dialogue / meetings / focus groups: Instruct facilitators to solicit this informationand rapporteurs to record how often, by whom, with which emphasis points are raised.Surveys: Formulate / add questions accordingly and disaggregate data by age,gender, ethnicity, etc. It is crucial that stories and quotes are captured verbatim.Frequently, recorders of consultation end up capturing only headlines or distorting meaning.E-participation methodologies and ICT toolsThe usual guidelines for qualitative analysis could be useful here, which means observing thepatterns of the discussions, words that appear frequently and so on, as mentioned earlier. It isuseful to record the meetings and focus group discussions and to conduct qualitative analysisof the content that is captured verbatim. The anonymity of participants should be ensured insensitive situations.30Post-2015 Development Agenda Process: Guideline for Consultations