Data Analysis Procedures
I began the data analysis by transcribing the source data from various
documents, notes, and other artifacts into Word documents. These Word
documents were then reformatted and loaded into Atlas.TI, a qualitative data
analysis program. This enabled me to undertake the first step in the analysis
process, which is coding. The coding process served to condense the data across
a variety of sources into analyzable units through the creation of defined
categories (Lockyer, 2004). Given the different data types that were collected at
different instances in the case study observation period, organizing these
categories established a common perspective across all data sources and time
periods in the study.