Qualitative Computing: Using Software for Qualitative Data Analysis - Couverture rigide

Fisher, Mike

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1859725619 ISBN 13 : 9781859725610

Editeur : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 1997

Synopsis

As qualitative researchers incorporate computer assistance into their analytic approaches, important questions arise about the adoption of new technology. Is it worth learning computer-assisted methods? Will the pay-off be sufficient to justify the investment? Which programs are worth learning? What are the effects on the analysis process? This book complements the existing literature by giving a detailed account of the use of four major programs in analyzing the same data. Priority is given to the tasks of qualitative analysis rather than to program capability and the programs are treated as tools rather than as a discipline to be acquired. The key is not what the programs allow researcher to do, but whether the tasks that researchers need to undertake are facilitated by the software. Thus the study develops a user-centred approach to the adoption of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis. The author emphasises qualitative analysis as a creative craft, but one which must increasingly be subject to rigorous methodological scrutiny. The adoption of computer-aided methods offers opportunities, but also dangers and ultimately this book is about the scientific qualitative research. Written in a distinctive and succinct style, this book will be valuable to social science researchers and students interested in qualitative research and in the potential for computer-assisted analysis.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mike Fisher, Director, Research Unit, National Institute for Social Work, London, UK

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ashgate Publishing Limited
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1859725619
• ISBN 13: 9781859725610
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 146
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible