Computers and qualitative research: adoption, use, and representation

  • Authors:
  • Wilma C. Mangabeira;Raymond M. Lee;Nigel G. Fielding

  • Affiliations:
  • Middlesex University;Royal Holloway University of London;University of Surrey

  • Venue:
  • Social Science Computer Review - Special issue: Sociology and computing
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Drawing on a range of sources, this article examines patterns in the adoption, appropriation, and use of qualitative analysis software (or CAQDAS--Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software) in the United Kingdom. It is argued that the take-up and use of CAQDAS, representations of computer-assisted as opposed to manual analysis, and certainty about the utility of CAQDAS, are related to user generation. The changing composition of the user base for CAQDAS programs is also discussed.