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Home Research Research Library Rapid Sense Making: A Feasible, Efficient Approach for Analyzing Large Data Sets of Open-Ended Comments Rapid Sense Making: A Feasible, Efficient Approach for Analyzing Large Data Sets of Open-Ended Comments 2018 Author(s) Etz, Rebecca S, Gonzalez, Martha M, Eden, Aimee R, and Winship, J Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Measurement Volume International Journal of Qualitative Methods Source International Journal of Qualitative Methods This article shares the problem-solving process and resultant rapid sensemaking methodology created by an interdisciplinary research team faced with qualitative “big data.” Confronted with a data set of over half a million free text comments, within an existing data set of 320,500 surveys, our team developed a process to structure the naturally occurring variability within the data, to identify and isolate meaningful analytic units, and to group subsets of our data amenable to automated coding using a template-based process. This allowed a significant portion of the data to be rapidly assessed while still preserving the ability to explore the more complex free text comments with a grounded theory informed emergent process. In this discussion, we focus on strategies useful to other teams interested in fielding open-ended questions as part of large survey efforts and incorporating those findings as part of an integrated analysis. ABFM Research Read all 2016 Access to Primary Care in US Counties Is Associated with Lower Obesity Rates Go to Access to Primary Care in US Counties Is Associated with Lower Obesity Rates 2025 The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care Go to The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care 2023 Measuring Trust in Primary Care Go to Measuring Trust in Primary Care 2023 Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees Go to Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees
Author(s) Etz, Rebecca S, Gonzalez, Martha M, Eden, Aimee R, and Winship, J Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Measurement Volume International Journal of Qualitative Methods Source International Journal of Qualitative Methods
ABFM Research Read all 2016 Access to Primary Care in US Counties Is Associated with Lower Obesity Rates Go to Access to Primary Care in US Counties Is Associated with Lower Obesity Rates 2025 The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care Go to The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care 2023 Measuring Trust in Primary Care Go to Measuring Trust in Primary Care 2023 Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees Go to Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees
2016 Access to Primary Care in US Counties Is Associated with Lower Obesity Rates Go to Access to Primary Care in US Counties Is Associated with Lower Obesity Rates
2025 The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care Go to The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care
2023 Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees Go to Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees
