Re: discourse analysis The statistic, parametric or non-parametric, that you choose to analyze the data will depend on the type of data you collect eg , continuous (normally distributed) versus nominal...and this will depend on the form in which your data is gathered.
Firstly, then, how will you be scoring the qualitative data? This will need a non-parametric test , but which depends on whether the data is nominal or ordinal.
What test/instrument/whatever will you be using for the quantitative data? Does it come with a manual that gives the test statistics of the instrument (mean, SD, standard error of measurement etc, or is the just some kind of raw 'count'?
Last edited by David L.; 02-May-2008 at 13:34.
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