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Qualitative Data Analysis: Technologies and Representations

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  • Amanda Coffey
  • Holbrook Beverley
  • Atkinson Paul

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In this paper we address a number of contemporary themes concerning the analysis of qualitative data and the ethnographic representation of social realities. A contrast is drawn. On the one hand, a diversity of representational modes and devices is currently celebrated, in response to various critiques of conventional ethnographic representation. On the other hand, the widespread influence of computer- assisted qualitative data analysis is promoting convergence on a uniform mode of data analysis and representation (often justified with reference to grounded theory). We note the ironic contrast between these two tendencies, the heterodox and the orthodox, in contemporary qualitative research. We go on to suggest that there exist alternatives that reflect both the diversity of representational approaches, and the broader possibilities of contemporary computing. We identify the technical and intellectual possibilities of hypertext software as offering just one such synthesis.

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  • Amanda Coffey & Holbrook Beverley & Atkinson Paul, 1996. "Qualitative Data Analysis: Technologies and Representations," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 1(1), pages 80-91, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:1:y:1996:i:1:p:80-91
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.1
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