Learning how to analyze qualitative data by computer can be fun. That is one assumption underpinning this introduction to qualitative analysis, which takes account of how computing techniques have enhanced and transformed the field. The author provides a practical discussion of the main procedures for analyzing qualitative data by computer, with most of its examples taken from humour or everyday life. He examines ways in which computers can contribute to greater rigour and creativity, as well as greater efficiency in analysis. He discusses some of the pitfalls and paradoxes as well as the practicalities of computer-based qualitative analysis. The perspective of "Qualitative Data Analysis" is pragmatic rather than prescriptive, introducing different possibilities without advocating one particular approach. The result is a largely discipline-neutral text, which is suitable for arts and social science students and first-time qualitative analysts.
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I read this book as part of an advanced qualitative research methods course. I enjoyed this book especially at the beginning, but by the end Dey's ideas and writing becomes redundant and tedious to read. I found I had to read past the "humor" examples Dey uses as his data and apply the ideas to my own research projects/data. It wasn't hard to do, though, so I think others can do the same and enjoy the ideas in this book as much. While the book is not a "how-to-guide" for qualitative data (there will never be such a guide), this book has great ideas for beginners and even experienced researchers.
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initial category set, nervous young dental student, splicing categories, artistic stereotyping, star burst chandelier, explosive teeth, dropping swabs, direction like fire, ridiculous mouth, connecting categories, false plate, categorizing data, analysing qualitative data, analyse our data, common tradesman, qualitative analysts, empirical scope, assigning categories, generating categories, data being analysed, linking data, initial categorization, substantive connections, connecting mechanisms, conceptual significance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Woody Allen, Claire Memling, Victoria Wood, Derek Bentley, New York, Miss Tonnato, Temperament Figure, Disability Figure, The Independent, British Summer Time, Fleishman Brothers Novelty Shop, Next Thursday, T'ai-chi T'u, Transposing Gauguin, Using Computers New!
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initial category set, nervous young dental student, splicing categories, artistic stereotyping, star burst chandelier, explosive teeth, dropping swabs, direction like fire, ridiculous mouth, connecting categories, false plate, categorizing data, analysing qualitative data, analyse our data, common tradesman, qualitative analysts, empirical scope, assigning categories, generating categories, data being analysed, linking data, initial categorization, substantive connections, connecting mechanisms, conceptual significance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Woody Allen, Claire Memling, Victoria Wood, Derek Bentley, New York, Miss Tonnato, Temperament Figure, Disability Figure, The Independent, British Summer Time, Fleishman Brothers Novelty Shop, Next Thursday, T'ai-chi T'u, Transposing Gauguin, Using Computers New!
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- Using Computers in Qualitative Research by Nigel G. Fielding on page 269, page 270, and Back Matter
- Mens Sana in Thingummy Doodah by Victoria Wood in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Qualitative Research: Analysis Types and Software by Renata Tesch on page 266, and Back Matter
- Without Feathers by Woody Allen in Front Matter, and page 269
- Understanding Poetry by Cleanth Brooks on page 269
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- Qualitative Data Analysis: Explorations with NVivo (Understanding Social Research) by Graham Gibbs on 6 pages
- Research Training for Social Scientists: A Handbook for Postgraduate Researchers by Dawn Burton on 4 pages
- Doing Social Science Research (Published in association with The Open University) by Simeon J Yates in Front Matter, page 193, and Back Matter
- Ethnography by John Brewer on page 118, page 142, and Back Matter
- Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis: Theory, Methods and Practice by Udo Kelle in Front Matter, page 80, and Back Matter
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