TY - BOOK AU - Friese Susanne TI - Qualitative data analysis with ATLAS.ti SN - 9780857021311 AV - Q180.55.E4 FRI PY - 2012/// PB - Sage Publications KW - Atlas.ti (Computer file) KW - Qualitative research KW - Data processing KW - Statistics as topic KW - Methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Getting to know ATLAS.ti -- Some basic terms and concepts -- The ATLAS.ti user interface -- Starting the program -- Opening the sample project -- Context menus -- The drop-down menus and object managers -- Navigating the list of codes -- A preview of the network view function -- A preview of the query tool -- `Survival tips' to find your way around the main menu -- The toolbars -- Summary -- Solutions to the `survival' exercise -- Review questions -- Glossary of terms -- ch. 2 Data preparation -- Supported file formats -- Compatibility -- Choosing between different text formats -- Language support -- Font settings -- System settings for Thai and Asian language support on Western European and US Windows systems -- Preparing documents -- Transcription -- Best practice rules and solutions in a nutshell -- Review questions -- ch. 3 Project management: project setup for single users and teams -- What you need to know before setting up a project -- Data handling in ATLAS.ti -- Description of the sample data set -- Setting up a project -- Scenario 1 The one folder setup -- for single users and teams -- Scenario 2 Working with internal documents (for projects containing only text files) -- Scenario 3 Project Setup for transcripts and synchronized media files -- Scenario 4 Documents and HU file need to remain at different locations -- Summary -- Review questions -- Glossary of terms -- ch. 4 Technical aspects of coding -- Variants of coding -- Open coding -- Coding via drag and drop -- Writing comments for coded segments -- Coding with in-vivo codes -- Further coding-related options provided by the Code Manager -- Coding other media types -- Coding a PDF document -- Coding an image document -- Coding audio and video files -- Coding an audio or video quotation -- Coding a Google Earth document -- Summary -- Review questions -- Glossary of terms -- ch. 5 Embarking on a journey -- coding the data material -- The NCT model of qualitative data analysis -- Noticing things -- Collecting things -- Thinking about things -- Projecting the NCT model onto computer-assisted qualitative data analysis -- The journey begins: noticing things and collecting them -- Feedback session: what did you find? -- How to add more structure to your exploration -- More on code word labels -- Skills training day -- Skills training 1 Developing Subcategories -- Skills training 2 Searching for a Common Denominator -- building categories from the bottom up -- Skills training 3 Rules for hierarchical coding schemes -- Advantages of well-sorted and structured code lists -- Moving on -- `Open book' assessment after completing skills training 1-3 -- Test your understanding of computer-assisted NCT analysis -- Glossary of terms -- Further reading -- ch. 6 Further steps in the data analysis process -- Introducing the memo function -- Skills training 4 Some technicalities of memo writing -- Examples of stand-alone memos -- Changing memo settings -- Linked memos -- Summary of skills training 4 -- `Open book' assessment after completing skills training 4 -- Positioning and further directions for the onward journey -- Skills training 5 Introducing the query tool -- The retrieval language -- The three sets of operators -- Miscellaneous useful query tool functions -- Exploring the data terrain further -- the journey continues -- Examining RQ1a (finding co-occurring segments) -- Examining RQ1b (getting to know the co-occurrence explorer tree view) -- Examining RQ2a (combining code queries with variables + creating superfamilies) -- Examining RQ2b (exporting code frequencies per document) -- Examining RQ3 (exporting code frequencies per document) -- Examining RQ4 (finding co-occurring segments in combination with variables) -- Examining RQ5 (getting to know the co-occurrence explorer table view + creating superfamilies) -- Saving a query for later reference (or working with supercodes) -- Climbing the hills and clicking more complex queries -- Intermezzo -- On the use of code families -- Summary -- `Open book' assessment of analysis tools -- Further reading -- Glossary of terms -- Solutions -- A reminder of set theory for understanding Boolean operators -- Query for RQ1a: is direct speech used in headlines? -- Query for RQ3: which topics are reported in US vs. German newspapers, local as compared to national papers? Are there differences? -- ch. 7 Working with network views -- Skills training 6 -- Learning terminology -- Creating network views -- Importing nodes -- Removing nodes -- Moving nodes -- Layout options -- The refresh option (F5) -- Displaying code families in network views -- Exporting network views -- Saving network views -- Display menu -- Relations Editor -- Modifying an existing relation -- Creating a new relation -- Use of colors and images in network views -- Code colors in network views -- Utilizing code colors to show patterns in the data -- Dealing with case-based network views -- On the use of network views for structural purposes -- Using network views to present conceptual-level analysis -- Hyperlinks in ATLAS.ti -- Examples for using hyperlinks -- Skills training 7 Working with hyperlinks -- Summary -- `Open book' assessment on the network view function -- Glossary of terms -- Further reading -- ch. 8 The method of computer-assisted NCT analysis -- The cyclical nature of analysis: Notice-Collect-Think -- Descriptive level analysis -- First-stage coding -- Adding structure to the code list -- Second-stage coding -- Conceptual-level analysis -- Writing research question memos -- Visualizing -- The role of memos in NCT analysis -- Software functions throughout the NCT process of analysis -- Teaching computer-assisted NCT analysis -- Addenda -- Editing primary documents -- Why you may want to edit a document -- What you should know about editing -- How to edit -- Editing primary documents in team situations -- Best practice rules for editing primary documents -- Merging projects -- Prerequisites for merging -- How to merge -- After the merging process -- Creating backups -- Backup options for the HU -- Backup or transfer of the completed project via copy bundle -- Troubleshooting: what to do if primary documents become unusable -- Pay attention to the status bar -- Creating accessibility reports -- Modifying the project setup -- Exchanging doc or docx files with rtf files (changing paths) -- Missing converters -- Review questions N2 - The first book to provide step-by-step guidance on using ATLAS.ti as part of a research project has now been updated to include advice on preparing data, setting up a new project in version 7 of ATLAS.ti, developing a coding system, asking questions, finding answers and preparing results ER -