Computer‐Aided/Mediated Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076155 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eben A Weitzman (0000-0002-7457-2234, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosc085 |
| OpenAlex | W4214869026 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
One of the key features of qualitative – non‐numerical – data is that they are messy and usually voluminous. We wind up with huge piles of texts: transcripts, field notes, documents, questionnaires, pictures, audio, video, and so on, and have to sort our way through them. Add to this the need to find a rigorous approach to the analysis of these large quantities of data, and the researcher faces a daunting task. Researchers from different disciplines and different methodological perspectives will take different approaches to this task, but in most cases, computers can help
Computer security · Data science · Field (mathematics · Human–computer interaction · Information retrieval · Key (lock · Multimedia · sort · Task (project management · Computer Science · Engineering · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Mathematics · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
| Highly cited | No |
|---|