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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. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2013 The redistribution of graduate medical education positions in 2005 failed to boost primary care or rural training Go to The redistribution of graduate medical education positions in 2005 failed to boost primary care or rural training 2013 Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence Go to Specialty board certification in the United States: issues and evidence 2022 Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages Go to Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages 2022 Informing Equity & Diversity in Primary Care Policy and Practice: Introducing a New Series of Policy Briefs, Commentaries, and Voices in JABFM Go to Informing Equity & Diversity in Primary Care Policy and Practice: Introducing a New Series of Policy Briefs, Commentaries, and Voices in JABFM
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