The analysis of qualitative data in LIS research projects: A possible approach

Education for Information

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 143-162

  Shenton, Andrew K ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Qualitative methods; Research

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; QUALITATIVE METHODS; SUMMATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTS;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 12944276899     PISSN: 01678329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/EFI-2004-223-401     Document Type: Article

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