Category: Qualitative data analysis
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The best qualitative data analysis software ever
I’ve been wanting to do a course on NVivo for some time. The probably best software to analize qualitative data nowadays. But the truth is that this video quite helps to have a clear idea of its functions and usefulness. Taking into account that I am right now dealing with voluminous and multi-layered qualitative data, specially…
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Qualitative Research Practice: A Guide for Social Science Students and Researchers
A book to bear in mind when preparing materials for qualitative research courses. In comparison to other books on this topic I would point out the updated advice on using software when analysing qualitative data. Bellow is a short description of the content. The book is available in Amazon. A preview of the book is also…
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“Borderlands: The Edges of Europe”, a visual analysis
“Borderlands: The Edges of Europe” is a collection of analogue photographs representing the people and places along the borders of the European Union, developed with the purpose of creating an archive of images narrating life at the edges of Europe. Since 2011 Leonardi has undertaken extensive walks along the land borders of the European Union. Proceeding slowly on foot and…
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Qualitative research methods in cross-national settings
Find below the abstract of this interesting article on the central concerns of conducting cross-national qualitative research. This paper analyses the central concerns of selection and execution of cross-national qualitative research. Discussion is issue-driven, incorporating relevant publications on the basis of good practice. An assessment is made of the potential of the qualitative approach in…
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The Fraga Family: example of visual data and ethnography based research project
ABOUT THE PROJECT When I got to New York, I briefly documented the lives of many Galician families there. At the same the time I was looking for a project to document more widely during the year. I photographed life in the Bronx, street parties, the subway, and it was not until I visited…
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How to do ethnography
This post aims to explain how to use observation or related methods such as ethnography in social research. Hence the post is divided in three sections. First one aims to answer what does this method mean and come from, second one, what does it make observation different from other methods as in-depth interview or focus…