Research Tool for Community Growth

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Stage 2c Organize gathered information

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Sift through information, design a matrix that best organizes your information, place the research collected into the designed matrix, notice popular responses and patterns.

Before you can make sense of all the information you collected, it needs to be clear and visible. This step allows you to organize your information in a structured format specific to your inquiry. Create a matrix with categories relevant to themes you have seen emerge through your questioning and observations. This matrix allows you to categorize information within the collected responses by content as well as by how it was documented. This also makes referring back to your interviews helpful if you need to find a specific response. After filling out the matrix with all of the responses, it is helpful to go through and highlight key words and observations. This will help in narrowing down the design opportunity.

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Do you understand the voices and opinions from the community?


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