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Posts on the analysis of qualitative data

When codes are themes, and themes are codes: uncertainty in qualitative analysis

When codes are themes, and themes are codes: uncertainty in qualitative analysis

What's the difference between a code and a theme? When does a code become a theme? And when was a code really a theme all along? We’ll discuss these questions and take you through real examples of the development of a theme.

Beyond methodology: What is post qualitative inquiry?

Beyond methodology: What is post qualitative inquiry?

Qualitative research often follows a linear process, particularly if you only look at the output at the end. Most qualitative papers follow the same structure of 'introduction, method, results, conclusion'. But the research process is often messier and less linear than this would imply (we provide an example

Beyond coding: using qualitative software in a post qualitative way

Beyond coding: using qualitative software in a post qualitative way

This post is part 2 of a two-part blog on post qualitative inquiry. If you want to know more about the post qualitative, visit our first post here. Is post qualitative inquiry incompatible with qualitative data analysis software? Most computer assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) is designed for coding

Outsourcing decision making: AI, ethics, and qualitative research

Outsourcing decision making: AI, ethics, and qualitative research

In my own testing with ChatGPT (3.5 Turbo) it almost seems to deliberately ignore some things. A interview where a person clearly discussed a research project in Africa, ChatGPT refused to see the context

Delphi interviews: Are structured interviews a fading fashion or still a relevant method in qualitative research?

Delphi interviews: Are structured interviews a fading fashion or still a relevant method in qualitative research?

I hadn’t heard of Delphi for many years, so I wondered what it can offer today’s researchers.

Analysing Qualitative Research with Quirkos: interactive workshops

Analysing Qualitative Research with Quirkos: interactive workshops

Hundreds of codes, grouped into descriptive themes; what are you going to do with all those codes? Come to our workshop and find out...

What’s in the Black-Box of the Quirkos Qualitative Researcher Journeys Project?

What’s in the Black-Box of the Quirkos Qualitative Researcher Journeys Project?

When learning about qualitative research methodology, novice researchers want to see and use practical examples of how research was undertaken that go beyond the kind of overview found in research outputs

What's the difference between codes and themes in qualitative analysis?

What's the difference between codes and themes in qualitative analysis?

You'll see lots of literature on qualitative analysis talk about using both codes and themes, but they are difficult concepts to explain and often the lines between them are blurred.

How to actually start your qualitative analysis

How to actually start your qualitative analysis

Some practical solutions you can use to help break through the initial overwhelm of having a lot of qualitative data to analyse, and get close to your data in record time.

Using Emoji for Qualitative Data Analysis

Using Emoji for Qualitative Data Analysis

It is possible to use emoji instead of words for codes, I was curious. I had not come across this before, and became intrigued about how emoji might be used for coding as well as analysis.

When do you have enough data to start your analysis?

When do you have enough data to start your analysis?

The more data you have, the less likely it is you'll have the time to analyse all of it, especially with looming university deadlines in mind.

The Animal Crossing villagers have self-esteem issues, and here's why: A qualitative investigation

The Animal Crossing villagers have self-esteem issues, and here's why: A qualitative investigation

Compared with the GameCube version I enjoyed so much growing up, the New Horizons villagers seem less ‘genuine’. How does that balance affect your relationship with the characters? To find out, I completed some qualitative analysis.

Constant comparative method in qualitative analysis

Constant comparative method in qualitative analysis

The constant comparison method isn't restricted to Grounded Theory, and is a frequently applied approach to analysing and exploring qualitative data. It's essentially a really common-sense approach for examining qualitative data...

Collaboration, team-work and qualitative project sharing

Collaboration, team-work and qualitative project sharing

Quirkos Cloud is one of the few qualitative data analysis software packages to allow live, unlimited collaboration and project sharing. It's not an extra add-on, it's available to all users without any additional costs. There are no limits...

Conversation analysis. What is it and when should I use it?

Conversation Analysis

Conversation analysis. What is it and when should I use it?

Conversation Analysis is used to understand the meanings of real language and how people really speak.

A priori coding is A-OK!

A priori coding is A-OK!

There are many different ways of coding qualitative data. Two of the most frequently mentioned are in vivo coding, in which participants’ actual words become codes while the researcher is coding, and a priori coding, in which the researcher has defined codes before beginning to analyze the data.

Qualitative Content Analysis

Qualitative Content Analysis

Sometimes content analysis is applied as a blanket term for looking to see what qualitative data is about (ie the content) and from there many approaches can be applied.

Managing qualitative coding systems

Managing qualitative coding systems

In this blog post, I'm going to try and persuade you to do something really boring. Develop a formal process to record your analysis journey, and the coding systems you have.

Introducing Discourse Analysis for Qualitative Research

Introducing Discourse Analysis for Qualitative Research

Discourse analysis suggests it can be revealing to look at not just what people say, but how. Learn more in our introduction to discourse analysis.

Open and Axial Coding Using Qualitative Software

Open and Axial Coding Using Qualitative Software

Many forms of grounded theory adopt a variant of open, axial and selective coding as their key steps in qualitative analysis. Usually these follow the description in Strauss and Corbin (1990), but others such as Glaser (1978) defined similar procedures

Analyzing qualitative data tutorial

Analyzing qualitative data tutorial

How do you actually analyse qualitative data? How do you start to digest a rich qualitative data set, and begin to pull together the strands that will show insights from the data? If you've ever written a book report in high school, some of the basic concepts are

Should you use inter-rater reliability in qualitative coding?

Should you use inter-rater reliability in qualitative coding?

What is inter-coder reliability, and why should you (or shouldn't you) use it? In qualitative analysis it’s sometimes difficult to agree even with yourself. With complex data sets, and ‘wicked’ issues, there are times that a researcher coding qualitative data will not consistently code different sources to

Collaborative coding of qualitative data

Collaborative coding of qualitative data

Coding qualitative data is a huge undertaking. Even with relatively small datasets, it can be a time-consuming and intensive process, and relying on just one person to interpret complex and rich data can leave out alternative viewpoints and risk key insights being missed

Free qualitative data analysis software

Free qualitative data analysis software

We have listed the best current options for free and open source qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS), to analyse your data on no budget.

Quirkos version 2.2.1 is here!

Quirkos version 2.2.1 is here!

This week we have released a small update for Quirkos which fixes a couple of bugs and improves the login page