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Qualitative Analysis in CAQDAS SoftwareA TOOL TO ANALYZE YOUR INTERVIEWS AND OBSERVATIONS
CELIA EMMELHAINZ - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH LIBRARIAN - UC BERKELEY – OCTOBER 2016
Today’s plan * What is qualitative analysis? * What are my options for qualitative software? * Atlas.ti: Getting Started * Atlas.ti: Adding Codes and Memos * Atlas.ti: Running Queries and Outputs * Questions and discussion
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Interviews Focus Groups Observation
Case Studies Images Video
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Paper methods of qualitative analysis:
Whether to use qualitative analysis software:
Reasons to use
• Build complex codes • Test relationships• Handle large data• Good for teams
Reasons not to use
• Cost• Learning curve• Simple or few
interviews
Questions to ask before using software:
* How many interviews, observations, photos, news clippings, or fieldnotes have I collected?
* How in depth does my analysis need to be? * Does my advisor recommend a certain method of coding? * Have I studied a given method of coding or analysis? * Is software likely to help with this method for this project? * Do you need software skills for the job market?
Student pricing on CAQDAS software packages
Atlas.ti
• $99/2 yrs• Flat codes
MaxQDA
• $115/2 yrs• Hierarchy
NVIVO
• $120/1 yr• Hierarchy
Dedoose
• $11/month• Web based• Big project
slows site
Most programs can:
Takes many file types
Merge two versions (not
Dedoose)
View codes in margin
Import demographics
from Excel
Print reportsAdd
comments and memos
Run searches (X and Y, near) Auto-code
Using the free Atlas.ti trial version
URL: http://atlasti.com/free-trial-version/ Trial limits: size, no auto backup – but unlimited time10 primary documents of any size100 quotations 50 codes, 30 memos, 10 network views
Open qualitative data for practice analysisStart with your own documents, imagesOr code blog posts and web articles
International interview & diary archives are also available: UKDA Last Refuge Fieldnotes: http://bit.ly/UKLastRefuge Irish Qualitative Data online at http://bit.ly/IQDArchive African journals on HIV/AIDS at http://bit.ly/MalawiJournals
Walkthrough of Atlas.tiINTRODUCTION TO FEATURES AND USES OF ATLAS.TI
CELIA EMMELHAINZ - ANTHROPOLOGY LIBRARIAN – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
Organizing your project Name files descriptively:
2009-06-15_MNG_int1_Aqmaral_CE_v3.txtAqmaral-interview-1.rtf
Consider separate files for each interview / place / data type (“unit of analysis”) Organize in folders on computer / families in Atlas.ti
Formatting before import - convert Word files to the more open .rtf format - make all edits and fix typos before coding - remove direct identifiers / add pseudonyms - use special formatting to import Excel survey results
(read more on organizing your records here: bit.ly/DLabQualRDM)
Wayfinding in Atlas.ti software Top row: menus Third row: pop out managers for docs, quotes, codes, memos Left: click to code Center: your document Right: margin view of codes
Starting a new project 1) Project -> New Hermeneutic Unit -> Save As 2) Add Documents -> Browse
Add characteristics in families / groups
Lets you search documents by gender, age, location, theme Group codes into families or connect memos for analysis
Explore the data with quotations
Read and explore each document first Highlight text and select the quotation marks (left sidebar) to create a quotation
Right click to note why the quotation is interesting and add comments
Reflection with memosAt the general / project level: Reflect on your thought and analysis process Note issues and your decisions Capture ideas to follow up onDocuments, codes, quotations: Reflect on a passage or idea
Think before coding Read over the text first 1) Define scope of your research, and focus on that Code for pre-existing concepts that relate to your argument
2) Let themes emerge from the data Code for a few core topics first
One concept, one code (impact-of-family-size-in-Africa?)
Mechanics of coding Add new codes to code manager Highlight text and right-click to create a code Click and drag from code manager (left side pop-out)
View or save basic coding output Codes Code Manager Output “Quotations for Selected Codes” or “All Codes with Quotations”
Preliminary Analysis ToolsCo-occurrence table
• Relationships between two codes
• Strength of relationship + counts
Codes - primary document table
• Relationship between codes & documents
• Distribution of codes across documents
Preliminary Analysis: Results Co-occurrence table
Code / Document table
Exploring relationships with Queries Look at quotations in relation to multiple codes
◦ sleep OR eat (broadens)◦ sleep AND eat (narrows)◦ sleep NOT eat◦ friend WITHIN childhood◦ sleep FOLLOWS eat
Use Scope to search only some documents Save resulting quotations under new Super Code
View and save your outputsAtlas.ti is not open source; it’s important to archive to open formats!
•Export code list and code hierarchy for project archiving•Export quotations from query results to .rtf for analysis•Export coded primary documents to PDF for archiving
Further resources for Atlas.ti Trial version: http://atlasti.com/free-trial-version/
Student licenses: http://atlasti.com/students/
Video tutorials: http://atlasti.com/video-tutorials/
Quick tour and manuals: http://atlasti.com/manuals-docs/
Manuals: http://atlasti.com/manuals-docs/
Sample Projects: http://atlasti.com/manuals-docs/#Sample-Projects
Questions?
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