Researcher reflexivity: exploring the impacts of CAQDAS use

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 385-403

  Woods, Megan ^a   Macklin, Rob ^a   Lewis, Gemma K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ATLAS.tiTM; CAQDAS; computer assisted qualitative data analysis software; HyperRESEARCHTM; MAXqdaTM; NVivoTM; QDA MinerTM; qualitative research; reflexivity; TransanaTM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926143551     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2015.1023964     Document Type: Article

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