{"id":138,"date":"2021-05-14T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:37:26","slug":"module-7-participatory-data-analysis-and-associated-knowledge-products","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/module-7-participatory-data-analysis-and-associated-knowledge-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 7 &#8211; Participatory Data Analysis and Associated Knowledge Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Module 7 &#8211; Participatory Data Analysis and Associated Knowledge Products<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What is data?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data is information. It is what you collect from participants. It can include their ideas, stories, images, and perspectives. Data is everywhere. Examples of data include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ili-indent\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Audio \/ video recordings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story transcripts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interview\/focus group transcripts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Survey responses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drawings \/ Images<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photographs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sculptures\/Art forms<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Text from documents<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Observational notes \/ field notes\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flipchart (in person or virtual) notes\/materials<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Physical artifacts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Researcher journal notes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is data analysis?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data analysis is the process of making meaning out of different pieces of data. We do it all the time. During the research, we chose a process for systematically reviewing, sorting, synthesizing, and summarizing data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Meaning Making<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In order to begin data analysis and make meaning out of what you see before you, practice the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ili-indent\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Notice what you Notice: How do your assumptions, biases, beliefs, worldviews, stories, and experiences affect what you notice?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Practice Deep Listening: Listen to understand, not to respond<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ensure Diversity of Participants: Diversity is a resource\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring Participants into the Data Analysis process: This is critical to a YPAR approach<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Honour Participants\u2019 Stories: Participants are the best experts on their experiences and perspectives\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be Curious and Open: Curiosity before judgment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Sorting and theming<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In order to make meaning, we start by sorting data. Once sorted, you can bring pieces together in codes, from codes you can create categories or themes. With these themes, you can begin to make sense and meaning of your data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-252\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-29-231059-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-29-231059-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-29-231059.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">source<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Saldana, 2016, p. 14)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Video<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Join Catherine, Rebeccah, and Kathleen to explore how to analyse and communicate your research.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) Module 1\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8nLI0M-eMKQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>What are the key concepts?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere is an expression: \u2018If I hadn\u2019t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn\u2019t have believed it.\u2019 The opposite holds just as true: \u2018If I hadn\u2019t believed it, I wouldn\u2019t have seen it\u201d<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 (<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shawn Wilson, 2008).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How can we practice?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In order to understand the way we take in, sort, exclude information in different ways, try these exercises:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KB_lTKZm1Ts\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basketball Attention Test<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FzJXTdDfpuQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Skoda Attention Test<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7X_WvGAhMlQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you hear<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Where can we find out more?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">If you want to know more about Data Analysis, here are some resources to look out for:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Linda Liebenberg, Aliya Jamal, &amp; Janice Ikeda. (2015) Spaces and Places Data Analysis. Analysing data with youth: A guide to conducting thematic analysis. <a href=\"https:\/\/youthspacesandplaces.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spaces-and-Places-Data-Analysis-Manual.pdf\">https:\/\/youthspacesandplaces.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spaces-and-Places-Data-Analysis-Manual.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-221 \" src=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200515_162255-scaled-e1621809327181-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200515_162255-scaled-e1621809327181-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200515_162255-scaled-e1621809327181-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200515_162255-scaled-e1621809327181-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200515_162255-scaled-e1621809327181-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200515_162255-scaled-e1621809327181-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Module 7 &#8211; Participatory Data Analysis and Associated Knowledge Products What is data? Data is information. It is what you collect from participants. It can include their ideas, stories, images, and perspectives. Data is everywhere. 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