Technological advances in the last twenty years have led to the development of powerful software for qualitative data analysis. Computer assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDAS) packages facilitate multiple managing tasks in qualitative research, from organizing data sources based on relevant characteristics, segmenting and categorizing data segments according to themes, searching for and retrieving information, and building visual representations that more easily elicit significant patterns in the data. In this presentation I will describe the central goals of the chapter on CAQDAS packages in the book Tools of Chemistry Education Research, and briefly describe and discuss the core ideas introduced in this chapter.

Strategies for analyzing qualitative data with qualitative analysis software

247th National Meeting (2014)

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