Raymond M. Lee

Computer-aided qualitative data analysis : theory, methods and practice

Introduction - Udo Kelle An Overview of Computer-Aided Methods in Qualitative Research PART ONE: GENERAL METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES Computer Use in Qualitative Research and Issues of Validity - Udo Kelle and Heather Laurie User Experiences of Qualitative Data Analysis Software - Raymond M Lee and Nigel G Fielding Grounded Theory as an Emerging Paradigm for Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis - Marrku Lonkila Different Functions of Coding in the Analysis of Textual Data - John Seidel and Udo Kelle PART TWO: COMPUTERS AND QUALITATIVE THEORY BUILDING Introduction: Using Linkages and Networks for Theory Building - Gerald Prein and Udo Kelle in discussion with Lyn Richards and Tom Richards Reducing Fragmentation in Qualitative Research - Ian Dey Using Hierarchical Categories in Qualitative Data Analysis - Tom Richards and Lyn Richards Designing and Refining Hierarchical Coding Frames - Luis Araujo PART THREE: COMPUTERS AND QUALITATIVE HYPOTHESIS EXAMINATION Introduction - Udo Kelle in discussion with Ernest Sibert, Anne Shelly, Sharlene Hesse-Biber and G[um]unter L Huber Hypothesis Examination in Qualitative Research Using Logic Programming for Hypothesis Generation and Refinement - Ernest Sibert and Anne Shelly Hypothesis Testing in Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis - Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Paul Dupuis Qualitative Hypothesis Examination and Theory Building - G[um]unter L Huber PART FOUR: COMPUTERS AND TRIANGULATION Introduction - Gerald Prein and Udo Kuckartz in discussion with Edeltraud Roller, Charles C Ragin and Udo Kelle Between Quality and Quantity Case-Oriented Quantification - Udo Kuckartz Hermeneutic-Classificatory Content Analysis - Edeltraud Roller, Rainer Mathes and Thomas Eckert Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis to Study Configurations - Charles C Ragin An Overview of Software - Gerald Prein, Udo Kelle and Katherine Bird

Qualitative Data Analysis: Representations of a Technology: a Comment on Coffey, Holbrook and Atkinson

Whether computer assisted data collection methods should be used for survey data collection is no longer an issue. Most professional research organizations, commercial, government and academic, are adopting these new methods with enthusiasm. Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) is most prevalent, and computer assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) is rapidly gaining in popularity. Also, new forms of electronic reporting of data using computers, telephones and voice recognition technology are emerging. This paper begins with a taxonomy of current computer assisted data collection methods. It then reviews conceptual and theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on such topics as: (1) respondents and interviewer acceptance of new techniques, (2) effect of computer assisted interviewing on data quality, (3) consequences for survey costs and (4) centralized vs. decentralized deployment of CATI.

The Sacred and the Virtual: Religion in Multi-User Virtual Reality

This paper explores the social interaction among participants in a church service in an online multi-user virtual reality (VR) environment. It examines some of the main features of prayer meetings in a religiously-oriented virtual world and also what sets this world apart from other virtual worlds. Next, it examines some of the issues of research ethics and methods that are raised in the study of online behavior in virtual worlds. The paper then analyzes the text exchanges between participants in a virtual church service and some of the ways in which these compare with the content of a conventional church service. Finally, the paper draws out some implications for our understanding of the relation between interaction in the virtual and in the “real” world.

Computers and qualitative research: adoption, use, and representation

Drawing on a range of sources, this article examines patterns in the adoption, appropriation, and use of qualitative analysis software (or CAQDAS—Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software) in the United Kingdom. It is argued that the take-up and use of CAQDAS, representations of computerassisted as opposed to manual analysis, and certainty about the utility of CAQDAS, are related to user generation. The changing composition of the user base for CAQDAS programs is also discussed.

Methodological Research on “Sensitive” Topics: A Decade Review

Drawing on van Meter’s (2000) article examining the methodological literature relating to research on “sensitive” topics, we analyse the corresponding journal literature in the decade following. We present data on authorship patterns, identify thematic continuities and discontinuities, and draw attention to gaps in the existing literature.

Research Uses of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act

This article reviews the workings of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, looks at its use by social scientists, and examines some of the implications of the U.S. experience for researchers interested in using freedom of information legislation in their own countries.

DAVID RIESMAN AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE INTERVIEW

For a decade beginning in the late 1940s, David Riesman, with a variety of collaborators, produced a sustained body of work on the methodology of the interview. This article looks at Riesmans writing on the interview. It explores the relationship between this work and Riesmans initial development as a sociologist, examines how he and his collaborators viewed the interview as a method, and assesses the relevance of Riesmans work to contemporary understandings of the interview as a research method.

Emory Bogardus and The New Social Research

This article describes The New Social Research, a methodology textbook published in 1926 by Emory S. Bogardus. This was the product of the methodological developments associated with the Pacific Race Relations Survey, directed by Robert Park. The book is of considerable interest for what it tells us about research methods at the time, in particular the transition from methods based on the life history to the use of depth interviewing, but it is now largely forgotten, for reasons that are discussed.

Padrões de adoção, modos de uso e representações sobre tecnologia: usuários do CAQDAS no Reino Unido, em meados da década de 90.

Esse artigo coloca em debate as transformacoes ocorridas no uso do programa assistente para analise qualitativa de dados (CAQDAS) desde a decada de setenta abordando, especialmente a utilizacao diferenciada dessa tecnologia por parte de diferentes tipos e geracoes de usuarios.

Commentary: LaPiere and methodological opportunism

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