Choosing qualitative data analysis software

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Barry, C. A. (1998). Choosing qualitative data analysis software: Atlast/ti and Nudist compared. Sociological Research Online, 3(3). Retrieved from: http://www.socresonline.org.uk/3/3/4.html

Contents

Hopes

  • Automate coding
  • Speed up coding
    • Freeing time for close analysis of interesting moments
  • Liven up coding
  • More complex way of looking at relationships in data
  • Structure for storing, sorting, memos
  • Aid thinking

Fears

  • Move toward quant
    • Even just an over-emphasis on counting
  • "Distance" people from their data
    • Spend so much time messing with the code that you miss the data!
  • Homogeneity in methods

Structural differences

  • Interface elements
    • "Clumsy", "intuitive", "easy to learn"
  • Researcher preference
  • Linear processes, or more open-ended
  • Visual/spatial v. verbal?
  • Atlas/ti: "'VISE': Visualization, Integration, Serendipity and Exploration."

Complexity of the project

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