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Qualitative data analysis
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A new book on qualitative data analysis needs no apology. By comparison with the numerous texts on statistical analysis, qualitative data analysis has been ill-served. There is some irony in this situation: even a single text might suffice for the standardized procedures of statistical analysis; but for qualitative analysis, oft-noted for the diffuse and varied character of its procedures, we might reasonably expect a multiplicity of texts, not just a few. Teaching a course on methods makes one especially aware of this gap. This book is my contribution to filling it, and I hope it will encourage—or provoke—others to do the same. A contemporary text on qualitative data analysis has to take account of the computer. The days of scissors and paste are over. While those steeped in traditional techniques may still harbour suspicions of the computer, a new generation of undergraduates and postgraduates expects to handle qualitative data using the new technology. For better or worse, these students will not give qualitative analysis the same attention and commitment as quantitative analysis, if only the latter is computer-based. This book is written primarily for them. I hope it may also be of some interest to other researchers new to qualitative analysis and to those using computers for this purpose for the first time.
Ian Dey - Personal Name
0-203-41249-4
NONE
Social Science
English
1993
1-309
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