Q4 – W8 – FORM LOOGICAL CONCLUSIONS (June 06, 2022)
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1. THE PATTERN, THEME, and CODE
A code in qualitative inquiry is most often a word phrase which symbolically defines a
summative, salient, essence-capturing, and/or evocative attribute for a portion of language-
based or visual data. This data can compose of interview transcripts, participant observation
field notes, journals, documents, literature, artifacts, photographs, video, websites, e-mail
and correspondence. While a pattern is something that happens in a regular and repeated
way. A theme is generated when similar issues and ideas expressed by participants within
qualitative data are brought together by the researcher into a single category or cluster.
There are two strategies on how to infer data. These are thematic analysis and qualitative
data analysis (QDA). But we will focus on thematic analysis.
2. There are 6 steps in thematic analysis. We will discuss in detail in each step.
a. Familiarization with the data: This phase involves reading and re-reading the data,
to become immersed and intimately familiar with its content.
b. Coding - this phase involves generating succinct labels (codes) that identify
important features of the data that might be relevant to answering the research
question. It involves coding the entire dataset, and after that, collating all the
codes and all relevant data extracts, together for later stages of analysis.
c. Searching for Themes. This phase involves examining the codes and collated data to
identify significant broader patterns of meaning (potential themes). It then
involves collating data relevant to each candidate theme, so that you can work
with the data and review the viability of each candidate theme.
d. Reviewing themes. This phase involves checking the candidate themes against the
data set, to determine if they tell a convincing story of the data, and one that
answers the research question. In this phase, themes are typically refined, which
sometimes involves them being split, combined, or discarded.
e. Defining and naming themes. This phase involves developing a detailed analysis of
each theme, working out the scope and focus of each theme, determining the
“story” of each. It also involves deciding on an informative name for each theme.
f. Writing Up. This final phase involves weaving together the analytic narrative data
and extracts and contextualizing the analysis in relation to existing literature.
3. Drawing Conclusions from Patterns and Themes
Before writing the conclusion, make sure that you have written first a summary of your
findings.
✓ The summary of findings serves as a brief restatement of the components of the
research paper.
Now, a conclusion is like the falling action of a story. At this point, you as a researcher shall
have the chance to leave an important and lasting note to your readers or in a story make
the readers understand the reasons why the villain is the way he is or the protagonist
understanding his or her purpose.
(Source: Amadeo Pangilinan Cristobal, Jr. & Maura Consolacion De La Cruz-Cristobal,
Practical Research for Senior High School 1, (Quezon City, C&E Publishing, Inc., 2017), 244.)
✓ A conclusion contains insights drawn from the findings of each problem which answer
the questions presented at the beginning of the research paper.
Dos and Don’ts in Writing a Conclusion
• Include a complete summary of findings.
• Highlight key points based on the analysis or results of the study.
• Note important suggestions.
• Share what you learned from the study.
• Use clear and simple language.
• Never add new information.
• Describe the value of your research.
Strategies in Writing the Conclusion
• Echo the introduction expressed in the other sections of the research.
• Challenge the readers into applying your study in their own lives.
• Look to the future by emphasizing the importance of your paper.
• Pose questions where the readers can gain a new perspective on the topic, or
you may also bring your main ideas together to create a new meaning.
4. Sample Conclusion
A Comparative Study on the Effects of Korean Drama Consumption to the Patriotism of
University of the East - Caloocan Grade 12 HUMSS Fans and Nonfans
(Source: Cabello, Melo Mar Y., Joanne Mariel T. Palisoc, Remar Paulo L. Panganiban, Janna T.
Santosidad, and Robbin L. Sarreal. A Comparative Study on the Effects of Korean Drama
Consumption to the Patriotism of University of the East – Caloocan Grade 12 HUMSS Fans
and Non-fans. Research Report, University of the East, 2018. 80-82.)
Go back to The researchers conducted this study in an attempt to
Chapter 1- prove the causal relationship between watching South
Introduction Korean TV Drama and patriotism. To achieve this
This brings objective, the researchers employed qualitative method
the readers through an in-depth, one-on-one interview. A total of ten
back to the participants were interviewed individually. In order to
reason why qualify for the study, participants had to be a grade 12
you wrote HUMSS student at University of the East – Caloocan, five
this research. of which should be Korean TV drama fans while the other
five are non-fans. A purposive sampling method was used
in order to identify the participants. In addition to that, the
researcher applied a semi- structured interview so as to
counterbalance the structure and the freedom of the
interviewer to conduct the interview. This study employed
a comparative analysis of the perception of the two
groups, namely, South Korean TV drama fans and non-
fans.
The Korean TV drama fans group is composed of three
female fans and two male fans while the non-fans group is
composed of three female non-fans and two male non-
fans.
The 1. The study conducted found out that Korean TV drama
numbered fans are dependent on foreign media, specifically South
paragraphs Korean TV drama, because of their increasing and
are continuous dependence to the said media in satisfying
conclusions their needs and wants, as explained by “Media
coming from Dependency Theory”. A similar pattern could be seen
the research through the lens of the “Uses and Gratifications Theory”
questions. the Korean TV drama fans’ desires are gratified by the
South Korean TV drama. The reason behind this
dependency is due to the common characteristics
between South Korea and the Philippines, in terms of
Geographical aspects (geo linguistic proximity) and
Cultural aspects (cultural linguistic proximity). Several fans
also stated that there are certain qualities of TV drama
that are not met by Filipino TV drama – and in light of this,
said fans turned to foreign media and found the qualities
they are looking for in South Korean TV drama, due to its
commonality with the Philippines in terms of norms,
values, beliefs, and the fact that both countries have been
colonized by western countries in the past
2. Moreover, the results show that Korean TV drama fans
are self-proclaimed patriots, when in fact they do not
practice this concept of pride and acceptance towards the
qualities that local products have, specifically those
related to Filipino TV drama.
3. The causal relationship of South Korean TV drama and
the patriotism is deemed by the researchers to have a
fragile connection, since the results of the interview did
not show an outcome where and when this causation is
manifested. Additionally, the low sample size is seen.
5. Task
Write your conclusion using the template below.
Title of the Study
Introductory paragraph
Research Questions:
