Qualitative Data Analysis: A User Friendly Guide for Social Scientists

by Dey,Ian

• ISBN13: 9780415058520
• ISBN10: 041505852X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1993-03-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Qualitative Data Analysisshows that learning how to analyse qualitative data by computer can be fun. Written in a stimulating style, with examples drawn mainly from every day life and contemporary humour, it should appeal to a wide audience.

Table of Contents

List of figures, illustrations and tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
What is qualitative data?	p. 9
What is qualitative analysis?	p. 30
Introducing computers	p. 55
Finding a focus	p. 63
Managing data	p. 74
Reading and annotating	p. 83
Creating categories	p. 94
Assigning categories	p. 113
Splitting and splicing	p. 129
Linking data	p. 152
Making connections	p. 168
Of maps and matrices	p. 192
Corroborating evidence	p. 219
Producing an account	p. 237
Conclusion	p. 264
Appendix 1: 'If the Impressionists had been Dentists'	p. 269
Appendix 2: Software	p. 273
Glossary	p. 275
References	p. 277
Index	p. 280
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