Analytic Activities in Qualitative Data Analysis and how they are facilitated by CAQDAS-packages
Qualitative data analysis is a varied field with numerous paradigms, methodologies, techniques and tools so it can be overwhelming to...
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Blog Posts
Christina Silver
- May 14, 2020
- 7 min
The crux of literature reviewing: structuring critical appraisals and using CAQDAS-packages
develop and analyse critical appraisals of literature thoughtfully and systematically
Christina Silver
- Jul 11, 2019
- 11 min
Pull up your socks CAQDAS developers - we need finer tools for visual analysis
I focused on the digital tools. These are not the only options available, but they were specifically developed to support the analysis.
Christina Silver
- Mar 18, 2019
- 5 min
Big moment for CAQDAS: QDA-XML exchange
It's finally here - the ability to exchange analysed qualitative data between CAQDAS packages! Since September 2016 the developers of...
Christina Silver
- Mar 15, 2019
- 7 min
An ode to Kandy Woodfield’s CAQDAS contributions
I was shocked and deeply saddened to see a tweet from Kandy Woodfield’s account announcing her passing. As Rob stated, she was a very...
Christina Silver
- Oct 31, 2018
- 7 min
Mindsets matter: think about how you think about CAQDAS programs
On 17th October 2018 I had the privilege of opening the Digital Tools day at the World Conference on Qualitative Research (#WCQR2018) in...
Christina Silver
- May 25, 2018
- 5 min
Can tactics inform strategies?
Analytic strategies come before software tactics: that’s the Five-Level QDA approach. But there are times when software tactics can...
Christina Silver
- Mar 22, 2018
- 4 min
A CAQDAS horror story: when tactics drive strategies
A key principle of the Five-Level QDA(R) method is that analytic strategies drive software tactics. This ensures that software use is...
Christina Silver
- Jan 6, 2018
- 4 min
Methods matter - illustrating quality in qualitative analysis and the role of CAQDAS
Professor Debra Jackson’s post about the Journal of Child & Family Studies’ intention to from now on only review and publish quantitative...
Christina Silver
- May 13, 2017
- 6 min
No 'basic' or 'advanced' CAQDAS features
This blog post is a response to Steve Wright’s reaction to this comment I made on Twitter on April 27th 2017: “There are no basic or...
Christina Silver
- Jan 7, 2017
- 4 min
Don't blame the tools: researchers de-contextualise data, not CAQDAS
In an earlier post on CAQDAS critics and advocates I promised to provide evidence for my position that CAQDAS packages are not...
Christina Silver
- Jul 20, 2016
- 6 min
CAQDAS at a Crossroads: Controversies, Challenges, Choices
Last week I gave the keynote at the 1st International Symposium on Qualitative Research and the 5th Ibero-American Congress on...
Christina Silver
- Jun 30, 2016
- 6 min
Breaking down the boundaries between CAQDAS advocates and critics
I was searching through tweets using the #CAQDAS hashtag the other day and came across one that sent me reeling. And not in a good way....
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