Nov 13, 2023 09:54
6 mos ago
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Spanish term
unidades de significado
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
Data analysis / Statistics
SPAIN. This term appears in the results section of an article about academic dropout. I'm not sure if the appropriate translation for "significado" is significance or meaning in this case (I think it's the former, but would like some reassurance).
"En concreto, en este manuscrito se presentan los resultados relacionados con la categoría “estudios universitarios” de la que derivaron 391 unidades de significado. "
"En concreto, en este manuscrito se presentan los resultados relacionados con la categoría “estudios universitarios” de la que derivaron 391 unidades de significado. "
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | meaning units |
Adoración Bodoque Martínez
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| 3 +1 | meaning units |
Helena Chavarria
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Proposed translations
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46 mins
Adoración Bodoque Martínez
Ireland
Ireland
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Ireland
B.A. Eng. & Ling., DipTrans IoLET, MCIL
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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84
Selected
meaning units
'The researcher must familiarize him or herself with the data, and he/she has to read through the transcribed text to obtain the sense of the whole, that is, to learn “what is going on?”, before it can be broken down into smaller meaning units. A meaning unit is the smallest unit that contains some of the insights the researcher needs, and it is the constellation of sentences or paragraphs containing aspects related to each other, answering the question set out in the aim (Catanzaro, 1988, Graneheim and Lundman, 2004). Each identified meaning unit is labeled with a code, which should be understood in relation to the context. This procedure is recognized as the “open coding process” in the literature (Berg, 2001)...'
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235290081...
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Note added at 49 mins (2023-11-13 10:43:16 GMT)
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"Es un excelente programa desarrollado en la Universidad Técnica de Berlín por Th omas Muhr, para
segmentar datos en unidades de signifi cado; codifi car datos (en ambos planos) y construir teoría (relacionar conceptos y categorías y temas). El investigador agrega los datos o documentos primarios (que
pueden ser textos, fotografías, segmentos de audio o video, diagramas, mapas y matrices) y con el
apoyo del programa los codifi ca de acuerdo con el esquema que se haya diseñado..."
http://tsmetodologiainvestigaciondos.sociales.uba.ar/wp-cont...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235290081...
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Note added at 49 mins (2023-11-13 10:43:16 GMT)
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"Es un excelente programa desarrollado en la Universidad Técnica de Berlín por Th omas Muhr, para
segmentar datos en unidades de signifi cado; codifi car datos (en ambos planos) y construir teoría (relacionar conceptos y categorías y temas). El investigador agrega los datos o documentos primarios (que
pueden ser textos, fotografías, segmentos de audio o video, diagramas, mapas y matrices) y con el
apoyo del programa los codifi ca de acuerdo con el esquema que se haya diseñado..."
http://tsmetodologiainvestigaciondos.sociales.uba.ar/wp-cont...
Note from asker:
| Tx. I had assumed that "meaning unit" was more common in linguistics and that in this case "significado" might refer to the significance or otherwise of the results. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Helena Chavarria
: Your answer hadn’t appeared when I started to prepare my answer. I’m writing on my phone, so finding and posting references and links took me longer than usual.
4 mins
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Thank you, Helena!
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| agree |
philgoddard
: I would expect to see this defined elsewhere in the text, but it doesn't appear to be a statistical term.
4 hrs
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Thank you, Phil.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "First past the post! Thanks to everyone for the help and comments :-)"
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48 mins
Helena Chavarria
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
Striving for excellence
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
:
144
meaning units
The codes are compared for differences (i.e., what is unique) and similarities (i.e., what is equal) in the codes, and are made with that aim in mind. Codes with their additional meaning units are grouped together related to its content. The process of categorization (Graneheim & Lundman, 2004) is a stepwise process. Meaning units, codes and categories is scrutinized in relation to each other. During this process categories are reduced in number and expanded in content. Finally is formed four categories and each category is divided into two to four sub-categories (Table 2)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/215737233_Comprehen...
Abstract
Unstructured, qualitative data present a challenge to the nurse researcher. This paper offers a method of focusing on 'meaning units' as the basis of developing a category system for the analysis of interview transcripts. The use of the wordprocessing program WordPerfect is described as a method of automating some of the stages of this form of data analysis. Whilst the computer cannot replace the researcher as a critical reviewer and analyst, it can take over many of the more clerical tasks of the research process.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8177181/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/215737233_Comprehen...
Abstract
Unstructured, qualitative data present a challenge to the nurse researcher. This paper offers a method of focusing on 'meaning units' as the basis of developing a category system for the analysis of interview transcripts. The use of the wordprocessing program WordPerfect is described as a method of automating some of the stages of this form of data analysis. Whilst the computer cannot replace the researcher as a critical reviewer and analyst, it can take over many of the more clerical tasks of the research process.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8177181/
Note from asker:
| Thanks for that. I had assumed that it referred to whether the results were (statistically) significant or not... |
Discussion
RESULTADOS Y DISCUSIÓN
Table I
http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S...