Don't make quantative statements based on qualitative data. Never do that.
I've had to do it for the charity organisation I work for voluntarily. I don't enjoy it at all & would rather not do it.
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I'd rather take other people's quantitative data and use it in my own arguments. That is much more enjoyable!
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You just need to pair up with a statistician.
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I think it wld drive them mad. I'm having to group responses into broadly similar categories & can't avoid a subjective/interpretive element
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eg, putting ppl who say 'I find intersec too radical' with ppl who say 'I think intersec is going too far' but do they mean the same thing?
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Same with & ppl who say ' I advocate equal opportunities, not equal outcome' with ppl who say 'I favour meritocracy not affirmative action.'
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Some of it is simpler 'I'm not allowed to criticise Islam' but some of it harder coz ppl can be vague and waffly.
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Is this a poll you are designing or are you just analysing data?
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Its a survey I sent out. Trying to group the responses to open questions like 'What are your main differences with intersectionality?'
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I need to work on this. Obviously.