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Qualitative Analysis Using ATLAS.ti

The Five-Level QDA™ Method
By Nicholas H. Woolf and Christina Silver
Series: Developing Qualitative Inquiry
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Qualitative Analysis Using ATLAS.ti addresses the challenge of conducting qualitative analysis with software that is fundamentally procedural by nature. The authors introduce the Five-Level QDA® method, which separates analytic strategies from software tactics, enabling users to approach qualitative analysis systematically and consciously. The book is structured in three parts: it first reconciles analytic strategies and software tactics through a process called "translation," then provides detailed instructions and examples using ATLAS.ti (primarily Version 8), and finally presents real-world qualitative research projects across various disciplines demonstrating the method in action. Accompanied by video demonstrations, this work serves as an expert guide for mastering ATLAS.ti and qualitative data analysis.
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This book is ideal for researchers, students, and professionals engaged in qualitative analysis who want to enhance their use of ATLAS.ti software. It is particularly valuable to those seeking a structured, theory-informed approach to qualitative data analysis, including users of older versions of the software and individuals across various disciplines employing different qualitative methodologies.

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The method of Five-Level QDA® helps researchers to analyse what makes for an expert analytic performance when using qualitative data analysis software. Written by experienced trainers, this practical guide to ATLAS.ti will allow qualitative researchers to increase the effectiveness of their data analysis.

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Software is cut-and-dried – every button you press has a predictable effect – but qualitative analysis is open-ended and unfolds in unpredictable ways. This contradiction is best resolved by separating analytic strategies – what you plan to do – from software tactics – how you plan to do it. Expert ATLAS.ti users have unconsciously learned to do this. The Five-Level QDA® method unpacks the process so that you can learn it consciously and efficiently.

The first part of the book explains how the contradiction between analytic strategies and software tactics is reconciled by "translating" between them. The second part provides both an in-depth description of how ATLAS.ti works and comprehensive instruction in the five steps of "translation". These steps are illustrated with examples from a variety of research projects. The third part contains real-world qualitative research projects from a variety of disciplines, methodologies, and kinds of qualitative analysis, all illustrated in ATLAS.ti using the Five-Level QDA method. The book is accompanied by three sets of video demonstrations on the Companion Website. While this book uses screenshots from the current ATLAS.ti Version 8, it is still fully applicable to users of older versions.

The book and accompanying videos illustrate the Windows version of ATLAS.ti. As there are some differences in screen and interface design between the Mac and Windows versions, please watch the video 'The ATLAS.ti Mac Interface' in the Component Orientation series of videos (available September 2017).

The Five-Level QDA method is based on the authors’ combined 40 years of experience teaching ATLAS.ti and other software packages used as platforms for conducting qualitative analysis. After many years observing their students’ challenges, they developed the Five-Level QDA method to describe the process that long-time ATLAS.ti experts unconsciously adopt. The Five-Level QDA method is independent of software program or methodology, and the principles apply to any type of qualitative project.

Please see the following URL to access the accompanying materials for this book: https://www.qdaservices.co.uk/five-level-qda

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138743656

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 September 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 26 Tables, black and white; 42 Line drawings, black and white; 13 Halftones, black and white; 55 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

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Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 194

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About the Author

Nicholas H. Woolf has worked as an independent qualitative research consultant, coach, and trainer since 1998. He has conducted or consulted on numerous research studies, from single-site to multinational studies in various fields in the behavioral sciences using a wide range of methodologies, from highly structured content analyses, to evaluations, grounded theory-style projects, and interpretive phenomenology. As a trainer Nick specializes in teaching qualitative analysis using ATLAS.ti. He has conducted 285 workshops at over 100 universities and other institutions, primarily in the USA and Canada, for more than 3,000 PhD students, professors, and research and evaluation consultants. In 2013 Nick introduced Five-Level QDA in his keynote address at the first ATLAS.ti user’s conference in Berlin (Woolf, 2014).

Christina Silver has worked at the CAQDAS Networking Project at the University of Surrey, UK since 1998. She is responsible for capacity-building activities and has designed and led training in all the major qualitative software programs, including ATLAS.ti, Dedoose, MAXQDA, NVivo, Transana, QDA Miner, Qualrus, and Quirkos. Christina also works as an independent researcher, consultant, and trainer, supporting researchers to plan and implement computer-assisted analysis, and contributing to doctoral research programs in several UK universities.

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