title: Data analysis in qualitative research: a plea for sharing the magic and the effort.
abstract: This discussion of data analysis in qualitative research addresses the question of how authors describe this aspect of their research. I suggest that the tradition of organization of research papers from quantitative research is not a good fit for writing qualitative research. I argue for less jargon and more detailed description, with the analytic process integrated into the findings and interpretation.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Science Division, Medical School Wing E, Campus Box 7120, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7120, USA. vdickie@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Virginia A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Dickie
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods*