Using Computers in Qualitative Research

Nigel Fielding, BA (Sussex) MA (Kent) PhD (LSE), is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and a member of the Community of Experts of the European Science Foundation, and served on the Mixed Methods Research Association’s presidential task force on the future of mixed methods. His interests in research methodology include mixed methods, socio-spatial methods, qualitative software, interview methods, field observation, and digitally-mediated fieldwork. Nigel has authored/edited 27 books, many in research methodology, including The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods, Sage, 2018 (second edition), with Grant Blank and Ray Lee.Raymond M. Lee is an Emeritus Professor of Social Research Methods at Royal Holloway University of London. He has written extensively about a range of methodological topics. These include the problems and issues involved in research on “sensitive” topics, research in physically dangerous environments, the use of unobtrusive measures, and the role of new technologies in the research process. His current research focuses on the historical development of interviewing techniques.

`This book stands as one of the must-read books for qualitative and would be qualitative researchers... deserves reading because of the important issues and themes presented.′ - Qualitative Health Research`An impressive mixture of discussion and explanation which achieves its aims of being both a review and a primer.′ - Systems Practice

• Computing for Qualitative Research - Raymond M Lee and Nigel G FieldingPART ONE: USING COMPUTERS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCHSoftware for Qualitative Researchers - Renata TeschThe Transformation of Qualitative Method - Lyn Richards and Tom RichardsAutomated Tools for Qualitative Research - John DaviesPART TWO: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH PRACTICEComputing and Qualitative Analysis - Pat Allatt and Lynn D BensonPersonal Information and Qualitative Research Data - Anne V AkeroydMethods and Madness in the Application of Computer Technology to Qualitative Data Analysis - John SeidelPART THREE: QUALITATIVE KNOWLEDGE AND COMPUTINGSocial Knowledge Representation - Michael Fischer and Anthony FinkelsteinEvent Structure Analysis - David R HeiseThe Upside and Downside of Hypertext Tools - Elizabeth (Betsy) S CordingleyThe Right Brain Strikes Back - Michael Agar