QDAS

I have NVivo, and am very happy with using it. It's a tool, and I'd no more worry about using it than about using a pencil or a spreadsheet. It has its limitations, but because it allows me to keep track of a mass of data, it saves me time and allows powerful analysis, keeping everything in one place.

Finding training on how to analysis qualitative data is more difficult than learning how to use software. There are training courses on QDAS that tell you what it does, but Gregorio tells you how to use it and how to do qualitative analysis - there's a difference.

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Qualitative Research Design for Software Users Silvana Di Gregorio (Author), Judith Davidson (Author) 2009 978-0335225217 at Amazon

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We covered today:

• relationships
• hyperlinks
• models
• find
• queries

I've created a journal and I've restructured my database to catalogue my cases as cases. I'm all analysed out. My head is like an overfull sponge that needs some of its water wringing out before it can absorb any more.