Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-0-335-23755-5
Verlag: Open University Press
Derek Layder, University of Leicester, UK
This book is an essential guide for anyone using qualitative data analysis software (QDAS), particularly useful for those who want to go beyond a basic introduction to discover how to get the most out of software and how to identify the methodological issues they need to consider.
The book is organized in three parts - the first part addresses the methodological issues that need to be addressed when designing qualitative research using QDAS; the second part uses case studies to demonstrate the issues and the design framework introduced in the first part. These chapters are supported by numerous screenshots illustrating the software under discussion. The last part contains practical appendices to help readers apply the framework introduced to their own research.
Di Gregorio and Davidson introduce:
- The notion of the E-Project or electronic project as a genre
- A framework for representing the research design of a project in any QDAS package
- Ethical considerations when working in QDAS
- A variety of contextual issues including national and organizational differences
- Eight real research projects of a variety of designs and using different QDAS (ATLAS.ti, MAXqda, NVIVO, and XSight)
- Separate checklists for ATLAS.ti, MAXqda, NVIVO, and XSight, providing practical help in applying the research design framework presented in the book
Uniquely, the book examines issues related to both academic and non-academic uses of QDAS.
Qualitative Research Design for Software Users is a useful reference for upper level students, academics and researchers across a range of disciplines.
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Introduction: Starting points
Part I Principles of qualitative design
1 New foundations for qualitative research design
2 Designing and conducting qualitative research in a
software environment
3 Implementation of research design
4 Research design in context: the E-Project and
communities of research practice
Part II Exemplars
5 Introduction to the cases
6 The Framework for Comprehensive Performance
Assessment (CPA) of District Councils from 2006:
an analysis of a consultation
7 Views of New Deal For Communities
8 Buying birth: consumption and the ideal of natural birth
9 Faculty support staff in online programs: work
activities of professionals who occupy the role of faculty
support staff in online education programs
10 Beyond planning a field trip: a case study of the effect a
historical site’s educational resources have on the
practices of four urban eighth grade social studies
teachers
11 Doing what it takes: the impact of organizational
issues on the Massachusetts School-Based Health
Center success
12 Follow-along study
13 Microbicides Development Programme case study
Part III Implications and practical guidelines
14 Implications of using Qualitative Data Analysis Software
Appendix 1 Getting started in Qualitative Data Analysis
Software
Appendix 2 Checklist for representing the research design
in the software featured in this book
Appendix 3 Checklist for teams using Qualitative Data
Analysis Software
Appendix 4 Glossary
Appendix 5 Resources
References