How to use word processing software to conduct content analysis.

Nurses' interest and involvement in qualitative research methods has increased in recent years. Researchers who use these methods often find data analysis time-consuming and tedious. Word processing software available for personal computers can provide an efficient and organized way to accomplish qu...

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Publicado en:Computers in Nursing Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 127 - 129
Autor principal: Norman EM
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1989 May-Jun
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Sumario:Nurses' interest and involvement in qualitative research methods has increased in recent years. Researchers who use these methods often find data analysis time-consuming and tedious. Word processing software available for personal computers can provide an efficient and organized way to accomplish qualitative data analysis used in grounded theory, ethnographic, phenomenologic, and historic research. This article describes how to transcribe interviews and create files for analysis with WordStar software.