Morisha is a policy researcher who studies parents' interest in charter schools. As part of her work she conducted extended interviews with parents who wanted to enter their children into charter schools for high school. Morisha has a large amount of data and she is ready to start data analysis. According to your text, which of the following should Morisha do first?
A) Examine the data for detailed descriptions.
B) Categorize data into codes.
C) Identify potential themes.
D) Describe the participants and setting.

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Identifying potential themes is the first step in data analysis, as it helps the researcher to organize and make sense of the data.

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