Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis: Theory, Methods and Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803977603 ISBN 13: 9780803977600

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

With recent significant advances having been made in computer-aided methods to support qualitative data analysis, a whole new range of methodological questions arises: Will the software employed `take over′ the analysis? Can computers be used to improve reliability and validity? Can computers make the research process more transparent and ensure a more systematic analysis?

This book examines the central methodological and theoretical issues involved in using computers in qualitative research. International experts in the field discuss various strategies for computer-assisted qualitative analysis, outlining strategies for building theories by employing networks of categories and means of evaluating hypotheses generated from qualitative data. New ways of integrating qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques are also described.

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About the Author

Udo Kelle is a Senior Researcher at the Special Research Centre 186 of the German National Research Council at the University of Bremen.

CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Kelle: Computer-Aided Qualitative Research

Luis Araujo University of Lancaster

Ian Dey University of Edinburgh

Thomas Eckert WZB Berlin

Raymond M Lee Royal Holloway and Bedford College University of London

Nigel G Fielding University of Surrey

Gunter Huber Tubingen University

Udo Kuckartz Free University Berlin

Heather Laurie University of Essex

Markku Lonkila University of Helsinki

Rainer Mathes WZB Berlin

Lyn Richards La Trobe University Bundoora Bundoora

Tom Richards La Trobe University Bundoora

Edeltraub Roller WZB Berlin

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803977603
• ISBN 13: 9780803977600
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Kelle Udo