Social Construction of Reality - Bad Request
Social Construction of Reality - Bad Request
Social Construction of Reality - Bad Request
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Figure 1. The School District’s program evaluation model is projected to be situated in<br />
the middle <strong>of</strong> the gradient.<br />
Definition <strong>of</strong> Terms<br />
This section will provide definitions <strong>of</strong> key conceptual and operational constructs<br />
as they are applicable within the confines <strong>of</strong> this study. These terms are particularly<br />
relevant to the qualitative nature <strong>of</strong> the research.<br />
Affinity diagram. Brassard (1996) explains, “this tool gathers large amounts <strong>of</strong><br />
language data, organizes it into groupings based on the natural relationships between<br />
each item, and defines groups <strong>of</strong> items. It is a largely creative… process” (p.17).<br />
Axial coding. This is the process <strong>of</strong> putting data derived from the open coding<br />
process together in new ways by making connections between categories (Heppner &<br />
Heppner, 2004).<br />
Coding. This is a data analysis strategy known as the first step in taking an<br />
analytic stance toward the data. It gives the research analytic scaffolding on which to<br />
build. The two chief forms <strong>of</strong> coding are open and axial (Denzin & Lincoln, 2005).<br />
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