Document analysis
WHAT IS DOCUMENT ANALYSIS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH?
| Document analysis involves interpreting written, visual, or auditory documents as data sources. Documents can include texts, images, audios, videos, and reports, among others. This approach allows researchers to investigate and understand events and social, cultural, or historical phenomena from existing sources. Document analysis in qualitative research is flexible and can and can be adapted according to the specific nature of your study. |
This approach provides a valuable perspective, allowing researchers to explore contexts and phenomena in depth because of existing documents, and is especially useful when they are rich in detail. However, researchers must be aware of the possible biases in the documents and understand the context in which they were produced. |
STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS FOR ANALYSING DOCUMENTS
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