Qualitative Computing: Using Software for Qualitative Data Analysis

This book complements the existing literature by giving a detailed account of the use of four major programs in analysing 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 researchers 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.