Won has pages and pages of transcribed interviews for her thesis on first generation college students' feelings of stress and anxiety. Of the following, which is something she should do to help her to manage these data?
A) Separate her data and read one person's data at a time.
B) Get an initial sense and read through all of her data.
C) Start to read her data only after identifying codes.
D) Establish a matrix to place student comments in before she reads.

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Getting an initial sense and reading through all the data can help Won to get a broad overview of the data and identify patterns or themes that may emerge. This can help her to develop initial codes and categorizations, which can then be refined and expanded upon through further analysis. Separating the data by individual or establishing a matrix may be helpful during the analysis process, but it is important to first get a sense of the data as a whole.

Won Has Pages and Pages of Transcribed Interviews for Her