Author
David Silverman

Pub Date: 11/2009
Pages: 480

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David Silverman
Chapter 14

Using Computers to Analyse Qualitative Data

This paper offers a very helpful account of how you can use CAQDAS in student research projects. It also discusses how to write about this in your dissertation.

Qualitative Research, 4 (2), 247-65 (2004)
DOI 10.1177/1468794104044434
http://qrj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/4/2/247

'Maximizing transparency in a doctoral thesis: the complexities of writing about the use of QSR NVivo within a grounded theory study'
Joy D. Bringer, Sports Council for Wales, UK
Lynne H. Johnston, University of Gloucestershire, UK
Celia H. Brackenridge, Celia Brackenridge Ltd, UK

EXERCISE
Experiment with two different ways of writing up your CAQDAS. Consider which way works best and why this is so.

 
Thomas Koenig's paper discusses the use of CAQDAS in research on texts and documents. It shows how qualitative methods can be combined with quantitative content analysis.

Qualitative Research, 6 (1), 61-76 (2006)
DOI 10.1177/1468794106058874
http://qrj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/6/1/61

'Compounding mixed-methods problems in frame analysis through comparative research'
Thomas Koenig, Loughborough University, UK