Data Analysis and Interpretation

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Data collection techniques (in Chaps. 5 – 9 ) can lead to a compiled set of data ranging from observation field notes to interview records and transcripts, documents, images, and artifacts. These represent an aggregation of consumer perspectives, activities and other relevant phenomena.

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