ANALYSIS WITHIN TRADITIONS OF INQUIRY
Beyond these general spiral analysis processes, I can now relate the procedures to each of the five traditions of inquiry and highlight specific differences in analysis and representing data. My organizing framework for this discussion is found in Table 8.2. I address each tradition and discuss specific analysis and representing characteristics. At the end of this discussion, I return to significant differences and similarities among the five traditions. Biography Denzin(1989b) suggests that a researcher begin analysis by identifying an objective set of experiences in the subject's life. Having the individual journal a sketch of his or her life may be a good beginning point for analysis. In this sketch, the researcher looks for life-course stages or experiences(e.g., childhood, marriage, employ to develop a chronology of the individual's life. Stories and epiphanies will emerge from the individual's journal or from interviews. The researcher looks in the database(typically interviews or documents) for concrete, contextual biographical materials. An interviewer