Using Qualitative Data Analysis Software in a Social Constructionist Study of Entrepreneurship.
Discussions of the use of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) in social science research studies are still few and isolated. In fact, much of the literature takes an uncritical approach to CAQDAS programs based on unrealistic expectations of the software as a methodology in...
| Published in: | Qualitative Research Journal (RMIT Training Pty Ltd trading as RMIT Publishing) Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 40 - 52 |
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RMIT Training Pty Ltd trading as RMIT Publishing
2010
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