Blog 4: Analysis of Oral History

Generra Johnson

14 September 2012

ENG 3029-01

Professor Chandler

Blog 4: Analysis of Oral History

1.      Coding

·         Statements

·         Question and Answer

·         Emotion

·         Stories

·         Emotional Connection

2.      Classifying

·         Statement

·         Statement (Two)

·         Statement (Three)

·         Emotion

·         Evaluation

·         Interpretation

·         Interpretation (Two)

·         After Thought 1: Fact

·         After Thought 2: Interpretation

·         After Thought 3: Statement

·         After Thought 4: Evaluation

·         After Thought 5: Observation

3.      Identifying Patterns

The pattern in this blog is: when a statement or a question is asked and then answered, the interviewer and the subject state an emotional response. Then they speak about an observation concerning themselves that they made about the incident (9/11).

4.      Developing a Hypothesis

At an interview of great meaning like this one, a question can bring out emotions, not just a statement.

5.      Testing the Hypothesis

One student repeated the same pattern of data that I gathered. The second student did not repeat the pattern. The third student repeated this pattern. The fourth person did not repeat the pattern as I read in the blog. The fifth person did duplicate the pattern. As a result three people repeated this pattern, and two people did not.

6.      Creating a “theoretical story”

My “theoretical story” is: when a person is asked a question, the question will not only bring out an answer in the person, but it will also bring forth feelings and emotions in that person. Plus once the question is answered, it will spark memories inside the person, which brings out a person’s feelings.