At 9:38 AM +0530 11/15/07, Kunal Kapoor wrote: >What data do you want to analyze (Qualitative). > >There are two schools of thought, one the purists, who do not like doing >things like t tests with Likert scale ratings, and another school of >thought, where people do such tests. > >What exactly is the data you have and what is it that you want to analyze? > >- Kunal.
Just as a point of information, I'll go those purists one better and point out that technically there is no such thing as "qualitative data". Data refers to the measurable and qualitative information is by definition not quantifiable. This actually may be an important point for you in understanding how to go about discussing and assessing qualitative information. The minute you start talking about analyzing qualitative data you've moved from the qualitative information itself into the realm of quantitative elements which have been observed to be associated with the qualities themselves. -- ---------------- Katie Albers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
