Revisiting Predictions

In the past few weeks of this course, you have worked on a Mini-Project in which you tested a data collection tool. Before you tested your data collection tool, you made some predictions about what themes and patterns you expected to emerge from the data. For this Discussion, you will analyze the accuracy or inaccuracy of your predictions.

To prepare for this Discussion:

Review the predictions you made in the Week 6 Application about the themes and patterns you expected from the data generated by your data collection tool test. Did your predictions come true? To what extent? Where did the two differ? To what degree? What was your reaction to this discovery?

What does this result tell you about qualitative research, data collection, and data analysis? What conclusions can you draw?

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 3 a 2-paragraph comparison of your predictions about themes and patterns in data to your actual results. Conclude your posting by describing what these results tell you about qualitative research, data collection, and data analysis.