Computer-aided qualitative data analysis: Panacea or paradox?

Building Research and Information

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 455-463

  Blismas, Nick G ^a   Dainty, Andrew R J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer aided; Data analysis; Inductive; Methodology; Qualitative research; Research methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; RESEARCH; TRIANGULATION;

DATA MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344082886     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961321031000108816     Document Type: Article

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