Using Software to Open up the ‘Black Box’ of Qualitative Data Analysis in Evaluations: The Experience of a Multi-Site Team Using NUD*IST Version 6

Evaluation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 110-120

  Sin, Chih Hoong ^a  

^a Disability Rights Commission   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evidence; qualitative data analysis software; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847080834     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389007073684     Document Type: Article

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