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ERIC Number: EJ449452
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Qualitative Analysis as a Public Event: The Documentation of Category Development Procedures.
Constas, Mark A.
American Educational Research Journal, v29 n2 p253-66 Sum 1992
A framework is presented to document the process of category development. This two-dimensional model designed to facilitate the documentation of procedures used to generate categories specifies components associated with the development of categories and addresses the temporal aspects of category development. A study of preservice teachers illustrates the model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Documentation, Higher Education, Models, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Category Development; Empirical Research; Verification