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Volume 6, Issue 1
6 April 2006
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Review Article| April 06 2006

The art and craft of rigorous analysis and authentic (re)presentation

Carol Mutch
Carol Mutch
Christchurch College of Education, New Zealand
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1448-0980
Print ISSN: 1443-9883
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2006
Qualitative Research Journal (2006) 6 (1): 51–68.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14439883200600004

Qualitative data analysis requires methodological knowledge and intellectual competence. Analysis is not about adhering to any one correct approach or set of right techniques; it is imaginative, artful, flexible, and reflexive. It should also be methodical, scholarly, and intellectually rigorous. (Coffey and Atkinson, 1996, p.1.

Keywords: Rigorous analysis, Qualitative data analysis
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