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CAQDAS Assistance or Analysis? Managing learners' expectations

CAQDAS Assistance or Analysis? Managing learners' expectations. Ian Fouweather July 2014. CAQDAS Assistance or Analysis? Managing learners' expectations: A Personal Perspective Do students understand what Qualitative Research is? Do we expect too much from technology?

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CAQDAS Assistance or Analysis? Managing learners' expectations

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  1. CAQDAS Assistance or Analysis? Managing learners' expectations IanFouweather July 2014

  2. CAQDAS Assistance or Analysis? Managing learners' expectations: A Personal Perspective Do students understand what Qualitative Research is? Do we expect too much from technology? How can we respond in the teaching lab?

  3. Qualitative Research

  4. What is Qualitative Research? “Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern such behavior. The qualitative method investigates the why and how of decision making, not just what, where, when. “ Wikipedia: Qualitative Research • But How?

  5. The “how” of Qualitative Research? Possible options: • Rigour, objectivity and quantification (Seale and Silverman 1997) • Systematic interrogation of the data (Grounded Theory) • Hermeneutic Approaches • Critical Approaches • Stories and Narratives

  6. Qualitative Research • Qualitative Research is a craft • Meaning is created by the researcher engaging with data • There is no definitive interpretation • There is no definitive method • Context is everything • Linguistic Circularity

  7. What is Qualitative Analysis?

  8. So How to Proceed? • When you have • never studied qual • been bamboozled by jargon • little or no grasp of epistemology • no guidance available • masses of data

  9. “Doing Qual” in the Google Age • Technology is: • Part of our world. • Embedded in our society, • Really helpful—it makes things faster. • Able to help us grasp abstract concepts • A great teaching tool. • (Oblinger and Oblinger 2005)

  10. “Doing Qual” in the Google Age • NVivo seems to be seen as that Killer App. • “It will analyse my data” • “My supervisor says I need to use it” • “It will make my analysis better” “I’ve never done qual and I thought Nvivo would do it for me”

  11. So how to proceed? • When you have 20 students some of whom may have • never studied qual • already been bamboozled by jargon • Limited grasp of methodology • masses of data • no data • enormous expectations of the software • a desperate need for a solution

  12. Manage Expectations • Explore the Acronym: CAQDAS • Nvivo is a tool for Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis • Nvivo will NOT Analyse your Data • You will have to Analyse your Data, but Nvivo may help you. • But it may NOT be the tool for you • It will require time and effort

  13. Nvivo An Introduction

  14. Today’s Course Objective: To demonstrate the capability of NVivoas a qualitative data management and analysis tool.

  15. Today’s Course Learning outcomes: By the end of today you will be able to decide if NVivocould be useful for your project and how you might use it.

  16. Nvivo Basics What we are going to look at • Sources • Word Searching and “Content Analysis” • Nodes • Classification and Attributes • Memos • Links (Cross Referencing) • Sets

  17. Working with your Data • Creating a new Project • Importing Data • Nodes and Coding • Creating Source Nodes • Coding Data • Classification and Attributes • Simple Queries

  18. CAQDAS • Things to remember • Technology failure • Working with a suitable data set • Questions of theory • Mixed ability groups • Finding a common language • Keep it simple

  19. CAQDAS Assistance or Analysis? Managing learners' expectations: A Personal Perspective Do students understand what Qualitative Research is? Do we expect too much from technology? How can we respond in the teaching lab? Any Questions

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