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4. Dimensions
Conceptual

3. Node Categories

2. Nodes

Specific 1. Line-by-Line Coding

Figure 5.1. Data Analysis Process

By aggregating or combining up, from the specific to the general, the codes were abstracted

into a set of dimensions that conceptually represented the most important aspects of the dialogue

topic as it started with examining ‘implicit bias’ as experienced by participants and facilitators.

The emergent dimensions represent the key experiences collected from participant and facilitator

volunteers. Dimensional analysis and a supporting explanatory matrix provided a framework for

conceptualizing raw interview data in the form of transcripts from codes to dimensions. The

dimensions resulting from the interview data were used to form theoretical propositions.

As the researcher, one goal in reviewing the data was to balance both the relationship that

the isolated field (Metasphere) provides with the other dimensions of social reality, and the

accumulation of knowledge available to the interpreter, gained from my WISR studies, or outside

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