Using software in qualitative research
Subtitle: a step-by-step guide
By: Christina Silver & Ann Lewins
Contributors: Lewins, Ann, author
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; Los Angeles; Thousand Oaks, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9781446249727; 9781446249734
Subjects: Research Design; Data Collection; Qualitative research; Methods; Sozialforschung; Qualitative Sozialforschung; Computer programs; Qualitative Research; Computerunterstütztes Verfahren; Datenanalyse; Software
Description: "This book considers a wide range of tasks and processes in the data management and analysis process, and shows how software can help you at each stage. In the new edition, the authors present three case studies with different forms of data (text, video and mixed data) and show how each step in the analysis process for each project could be supported by software." -- Publisher.
Notes: Previous edition: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-345) and index.
Table of contents: title: Qualitative data analysis and CAQDAS; title: The nature of software support for research projects; title: Software summaries; title: Data and their preparation for CAQDAS packages; title: Early steps in software : practical tasks and familiarisation; title: Exploration and data-level work; title: Qualitative coding in software : principles and processes; title: Basic retrieval of coded data; title: Working with coding schemes; title: Managing processes and interpretations by writing; title: Mapping ideas and linking concepts; title: Organising data by known characteristics; title: Interrogating the dataset; title: Convergence, closeness, choice.