Expediting the Analysis of Qualitative Data in Evaluation: A Procedure for the Rapid Identification of Themes From Audio Recordings (RITA)

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 118-132

  Neal, Jennifer Watling ^a   Neal, Zachary P ^a   VanDyke, Erika ^a   Kornbluh, Mariah ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

audio; qualitative data; rapid evaluation; theme identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923218490     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214014536601     Document Type: Article

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