Matrix Analysis as a Complementary Analytic Strategy in Qualitative Inquiry

By J. Averill. Qualitative Health Research, 2002

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Qualitative Methods in Implementation Research: An Introduction (2019, methodology): “(2013) conducted pre-implementation interviews to inform the selection and tailoring of implementation strategies; interviews were summarized using a structured template aligned with the interview guide (Hamilton, 2013), and matrices were developed to be able to review at-a-glance the key informatio”
Use of content analysis to conduct knowledge-building and theory-generating qualitative systematic reviews (2014, methodology): “Subsequent columns should be labeled using preliminarily identified codes, and extracted raw data (i.e. qualitative findings in the form of data segments) are then placed into these columns (Averill, 2002; Miles and Huberman, 1994) (see Table 1).”
Teachers’ Sensemaking of Data and Implications for Equity (2015, methodology): “Our first matrix, created in Excel, included every instance of attribution—our unit of analysis—each of which was given one row, allowing us to analyze trends across cases (Averill, 2002).”