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    <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Methodological implications of software use: an empirical investigation of the impact of software programs on literature analysis using n6 and n vivo 7.</h1>
    <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Woods, Megan</span> and <span class="person_name">Wickham, Mark</span> (2006) <xhtml:em>Methodological implications of software use: an empirical investigation of the impact of software programs on literature analysis using n6 and n vivo 7.</xhtml:em> In: QualIT2006 - Quality and Impact of Qualitative Research, 27-29 Nov, 2006, Brisbane, Australia.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_2036' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1572/1/Woods_%26_Wickham.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_2036' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_2036"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1572/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1572/1/Woods_%26_Wickham.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />152Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/qualit2006/">http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/qualit2006/</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">This study contributes to debate on the methodological impact of software programs on qualitative data analysis
by empirically investigating the impact of alternative program use on analytical process and outcomes.
Controlling for data set, researcher and software program, analyses of academic literature were undertaken
using QSR Internationalâs N6 and N-Vivo 7 programs to determine the nature and extent of adaptations imposed
by technological support. The study demonstrates that while choice of program necessitated adaptations to data
records, coding of data and illustration of conclusions, these adaptations had little overall effect on the
processes and conclusions of the analyses. The implications of these findings for qualitative research design are
discussed and suggestions for future research into methodological implications of software use are presented.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Qualitative data, Computer aided analysis</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/280399.html">280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences &gt; 280300 Computer Software &gt; 280399 Computer Software not elsewhere classified</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1572</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Mark Wickham</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">10 Aug 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1572;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&amp;eprintid=1572">item control page</a></p>
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