Several projects tackled the difficult problem of open ended data-sharing with heterogeneous data (Gardner et al. 2001; Lam et al. 2007; Marenco et al. 2004; Martone et al. 2004).
Questions regarding knowledge of C-IMCI were open ended and data collectors wrote down all the responses verbatim.
Interview and open ended survey data showed that both faculty and students identified the commitment and clinical experience of teaching faculty as course strengths.
Open-ended data collection should also include a means for students to indicate that no choices fit the question, to differentiate between nonrespondents and null answers.
For example, providing statements in the informed consent process about the possibility of a particular adverse effect or using structured, as opposed to open ended, questionnaires for data collection, can increase the reporting of specific events ("priming").
This thematic analysis, aimed at identifying common ideas within the data, was used across all sources of information (i.e. open ended questions from questionnaire data, transcribed interviews, and interviews that did not have verbatim transcription).
The qualitative data (transition open ended- survey) was converted to quantitative data using content analysis.
Qualitative data: Open ended responses were organised into key themes by one of the authors, these were shared among the other authors for verification.
The modified PSQ contains questions about child sleep behavior in the last six months: – Four open ended questions revealed biometric data: sex, age, height and weight.
(Table 2) Chi = Pearson Chi squared; VG = 'very good'; NG = 'not good' In addition to open ended survey questions, qualitative data were available from individual interviews with 6 family carers, 5 GPs and 4 RCF staff; focus groups of 4 family carers, 9 GPs and 7 RCF staff, two meetings of the ERG and feedback recorded from 10 facility managers.
