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Procedures either misses important sociological causes of socialĪction or emphasizes explanation (the hallmark of logical Generally held that aggregate data analysis using statistical Other hand, sociologists associated with qualitative research have Thus, computer-assisted analysis carriesĬonnotations of hard data, computation, and objectivity. Most sociologists using these data have adopted an orientation of Such as SAS and SPSS facilitate the analysis of aggregate data, and
Ethnographic data analysis methods software#
Statistical procedures available in mainstream software packages Of "quantitative research" rather than its constructed Is currently associated with the profession's constructed category Overview of the theoretical and practical considerations bearing on The variety of capabilities and programs available because no one Ethnographers interested in computer assistance must acquaint themselves with Schemes, hypertext, and case-based hypothesis testing. Others open up new directions through the use of linked coding Procedures that have been used by generations of ethnographers. Qualitative data analysis (CAQDA) programs automate analysis With a variety of epistemological orientations. But there are more than twentyĬomputer programs designed to assist researchers analyzingĮthnographic data, and these programs may be used by researchers Usually associated with the analysis of aggregate data according to
Methods, ethnography, computer software, data analysis Health Policy Research Program, School of Public Health, University ofĬalifornia, Berkeley, California 94720 e-mail: Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 e-mail: WORDS: qualitative
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in COMPUTERS TO ANALYZE ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD DATA: Theoretical and Practicalĭaniel Dohan and Martín Sánchez-Jankowski
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