1-Qualitative data are words, instead of numbers. According to Burns, Gray and Grove (2015) “Qualitative research is a systematic approach used to describe experiences and situations from the perspective of the person in the situation. The researcher analyzes the words of the participant, finds meaning in the words, and provides a description of the experience that promotes deeper understanding of the experience". Initially you want to state the purpose of the study. In a Qualitative study there are different types of perspectives that can be associated with a qualitative study.  Phenomenological, grounded theory, ethnographic, exploratory-descriptive, qualitative and historical are types of research (Grove, 2015).  To assist with the management of the study, according to White, Oleke, and Friesen (2012) they had eight recommendation as follow Have      one person manages and organize the study. Provide      a through documentation collection and analysis details Strict      timeline for data collection, coding and analysis Use      of iterative process for data collection and analysis Comprehensive      internal audits communications      among all members of the team resources      are to be utilized to meet dead line re-assess      and determine if any changes need to be made. According to Burns, Gray and Grove (2015) when collecting research, a way to manage the data is by organizing the information into themes and subthemes to form meaning from the data. Data analysis and interpretation allows the researcher to place the findings into the correct category, finding correlation or the non-correlation of the data being obtained.  They must be consistent with the method and the philosophy of the study, allow the data and meaning to be revealed, thus demonstrating the rigor of the study. Reference Grove, S., Gray, J., Burns, N., (2015). Understanding Nursing Research, 6th Edition . Retrieved from https://viewer.gcu.edu/DPBXHG White, D., Oleke, N., & Friesen, S. (2012, July). "Qualitative Data Has Been Described As Voluminous And Sometimes Overwhelming To The Researcher In What Ways Could A Researcher Manage And Organize The Data" Essays and Research Papers. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/160940691201100305 2-Qualitative data can be difficult to process and analyze if not organized properly but the organizing itself is often a difficult task because qualitative data by its very meaning has no numerical data that can be placed in any order or sorted. For this very reason, the data almost always has to be separated and sorted by a human being rather than a computer system that would have to be programed to search for a numerical characteristic that doesn’t exist. In the place of these numerical characteristics, the researcher would need to sort their data into themes based around patterns found in their work. These patterns would differ based on the nature of their research. Once these patterns were decided upon they ...

1. 1-Qualitative data are words, instead of numbers. According to
Burns, Gray and Grove (2015) “Qualitative research is a
systematic approach used to describe experiences and situations
from the perspective of the person in the situation. The
researcher analyzes the words of the participant, finds meaning
in the words, and provides a description of the experience that
promotes deeper understanding of the experience". Initially you
want to state the purpose of the study. In a Qualitative study
there are different types of perspectives that can be associated
with a qualitative study. Phenomenological, grounded theory,
ethnographic, exploratory-descriptive, qualitative and historical
are types of research (Grove, 2015). To assist with the
management of the study, according to White, Oleke, and
Friesen (2012) they had eight recommendation as follow
Have one person manages and organize the study.
Provide a through documentation collection and analysis
details
Strict timeline for data collection, coding and analysis
Use of iterative process for data collection and analysis
Comprehensive internal audits
communications among all members of the team
resources are to be utilized to meet dead line
re-assess and determine if any changes need to be made.

2. According to Burns, Gray and Grove (2015) when collecting
research, a way to manage the data is by organizing the
information into themes and subthemes to form meaning from
the data. Data analysis and interpretation allows the researcher
to place the findings into the correct category, finding
correlation or the non-correlation of the data being obtained.
They must be consistent with the method and the philosophy of
the study, allow the data and meaning to be revealed, thus
demonstrating the rigor of the study.
Reference
Grove, S., Gray, J., Burns, N., (2015).
Understanding Nursing Research, 6th Edition
. Retrieved from
https://viewer.gcu.edu/DPBXHG
White, D., Oleke, N., & Friesen, S. (2012, July). "Qualitative
Data Has Been Described As Voluminous And Sometimes
Overwhelming To The Researcher In What Ways Could A
Researcher Manage And Organize The Data" Essays and
Research Papers. Retrieved from
https://doi.org/10.1177/160940691201100305
2-Qualitative data can be difficult to process and analyze if not
organized properly but the organizing itself is often a difficult
task because qualitative data by its very meaning has no
numerical data that can be placed in any order or sorted. For
this very reason, the data almost always has to be separated and
sorted by a human being rather than a computer system that
would have to be programed to search for a numerical
characteristic that doesn’t exist. In the place of these numerical

3. characteristics, the researcher would need to sort their data into
themes based around patterns found in their work. These
patterns would differ based on the nature of their research. Once
these patterns were decided upon they would be used to create
groupings for the data.
References
Grove, Susan, Jennifer Gray, Nancy Burns.(2015).
Understanding Nursing Research, 6th Edition
. Saunders, VitalBook file.
3-“Qualitative research is multimethod in focus, involving an
interpretive, naturalistic approach to its subject matter. This
means that qualitative researchers study things in their natural
settings, attempting to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena
in terms of the meanings people bring to them” (Mcleod, 2008).
What this means is that the point of qualitative research is to
understand the reality of the subject matter and participants that
are being studied, which is why these test subjects are studied
in their natural setting. I agree that qualitative data can be
voluminous and overwhelming, so organizing large amounts of
data in to smaller groups would be preferable. One way you
could start would be to divide up the data into the different
environments in which they are being studied. For example, if
you are assessing fall risks in the elderly in the healthcare
setting, there are three different categories you can divide into
in themselves. To further break down the data, you could
organize any of these groups into different facilities, such as
assisted living facilities, hospital, nursing homes, rehabilitation
facilities, and adult foster homes. The division of data is all
dependent on what the focus of your study is and what end goal
you are attempting to achieve. If you are seeking safe staffing

4. ratios, you could begin by dividing fall risk patients by
facilities with higher staffing ratios than those with lower ones
to compare and contrast. There really is no “exact answer” on
how to organize the data. The development of technology is
very helpful in the organization of data in recent years. I
believe that professor Mcdonald made a comment earlier about
a study that she was once involved in that did not use computers
for the organization of data. It would definitely speed up the
process of sifting through the information you have for the
information that can be used. When it comes to organization, in
any capacity, I find that lists and spreadsheets help me to focus
my mind and not leave out any important information. This
method may not work for everyone, but if I don’t write
something down, chances are, it will get forgotten in the end.
References:
Mcleod, S. (2008, February 5). Qualitative vs Quantitative
Research | Simply Psychology. Retrieved from
https://www.simplypsychology.org/qualitative-quantitative.html