Open AccessEngaging with Qualitative Data Analysis: The Metaphor of "Looking at Data like a Landscape to Be Explored"
Author(s) -
Marleny M. Bonnycastle
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2015.1509
Subject(s) - metaphor , qualitative analysis , qualitative property , qualitative research , reading (process) , data science , sociology , computer science , linguistics , anthropology , philosophy , machine learning
“Looking at data like a landscape to be explored” is the metaphor used by Susanne Friese in her new book entitled Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLAS.ti (2014). In it, Friese successfully guides new and experienced researchers to use ATLAS.ti as a computer-assisted tool to engage in qualitative data analysis. The book transcends from being a dry reading to become a companion for those who are living the journey of using different sources of data, mapping them and then integrated them into their analysis.