CAQDAS NETWORKING PROJECT ONLINE QDA PROJECT

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CAQDAS NETWORKING PROJECT ONLINE QDA PROJECT
Two linked projects
Computer Assisted Qualitative Data
Analysis

• funded by the ESRC
• RMP,RDI and as NCRM node

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CAQDAS Networking Project

• Directed by Nigel Fielding Ray Lee
• Hosted by University of Surrey
• Researchers, Ann Lewins Christina Silver
• Web resources
• Hands-on Training, scheduled and customised
• Seminars

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CAQDAS Networking Project
QUIC
CAQDAS

• Current resources and training under RDI
• Future funding and expansion as a node of the
  NCRM (from Sept 2008)
• QUALITATIVE INNOVATIONS IN CAQDAS(QUIC)
• 2 Strands
• Methodological Innovations in Computational
  Support
• Training and Capacity Building

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CAQDAS Networking ProjectTypes of training
events..

• Seminars
• Software Planning seminars - comparative
  overviews of software
• Software Development seminars cutting edge
  developments, new software
• Methodology and Software seminars making the
  link between methodology and CAQDAS
• Users projects seminars real-life experience
  with software and methods
• ALL SEMINAR EVENTS are FREEsubsidised by fees
  from hands-on workshops..

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QUIC CAQDAS Types
of training events..

• Hands-on workshops
• 1-day software specific workshops designed to get
  researchers started and to provide sense of long
  term direction
• NEW with NCRM funding in 2009
• 2-day CAQDAS workshops providing a second day
  for participants to use own data
• Current range of software supported
• ATLAS.ti, MAXqda, NVivo

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QUIC CAQDAS to
help decide what package?

• Software Planning Seminars-comparative overviews
• http//caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk/choosing.pdf
• ..an online review of 7 software
• What they all do what you can expect
• Comparing specifics
• Examples

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QUIC CAQDAS To
increase scope and extend life ..

• Planned collaboration with NCeSS nodes, MiMeG and
  DReSS
• Build into standard support
• and.standard information about software
• NCRM support
• Pull qualitative strands of ESRC initiatives
  together
• Extend life - by increasing online support, via
  RESTORE etc

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QUIC CAQDAS
Methodological Innovations in Computational
Support (MICS)

• 3 Research Projects exploring different types
  of data integration
• quant with qual
• visual multimedia
• Qualitative data GIS data

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QUIC - Training Capacity Building - CAQDAS

• Exemplar projects arising from MICS strand
  (previous slide)
• Build on-line protocols for project planning
• Workshops and seminars
• 2 day hands-on workshops for CAQDAS packages
• ATLAS.ti MAXqda NVivo

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Two key web sites and resources
Online QDA
CAQDAS Networking Project
Ideas about coding
Basic help with QDA
Bibilography
Online articles
Scheduled training events
Methodologies and resources
http//caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk
http//onlineqda.hud.ac.uk
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For example Supporting Open-source and freeware
software
http//caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk
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Transana example of open source
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Online QDA Project

• Lead by Graham Gibbs
• hosted by the University of Huddersfield
• Researchers, Celia Taylor, Ann Lewins (CAQDAS
  Networking Project)
• Web support and design Andrew Teal
• Resources, Bibliography, Basic QDA
• Methodological Glossary
• IT Skills
• Step by Step

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For example section on Coding
http//onlineqda.hud.ac.uk
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Two key web sites and resources
Online QDA
CAQDAS Networking Project
Ideas about coding
Basic help with QDA
Bibilography
Online articles
Scheduled training events
Methodologies and resources
http//caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk
http//onlineqda.hud.ac.uk