Using Computational Techniques to Fill the Gap between Qualitative Data Analysis and Text Analytics

KWALON ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis Atkisson ◽  
Colin Monaghan ◽  
Edward Brent

The recent mass digitization of text data has led to a need to efficiently and effectively deal with the mountain of textual data that is generated. Digitized text is increasingly in the form of digitized data flows (Brent, 2008). Digitized data flows are non-static streams of generated content – including twitter, electronic news, etc. An oft-cited statistic is that currently 85% of all business data is in the form of text (cited in Hotho, Nürnberger & Paass, 2005). This mountain of data leads us to the question whether the labor-intensive traditional qualitative data analysis techniques are best suited for this large amount of data. Other techniques for dealing with large amounts of data may also be found wanting because those techniques remove the researcher from an immersion in the data. Both dealing with large amounts of data and allowing immersion in data are clearly desired features of any text analysis system.

KWALON ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine van Selm

Atkisson, Monaghan and Brent review in 'Using Computational Techniques to Fill the Gap between Qualitative Data Analysis an Text Analytics' three methods (qualitative data analysis, content analysis and text mining) that are used in order to examine streams of digital textual materials that are increasingly accessible through the Internet.


KWALON ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis Atkisson ◽  
Colin Monaghan ◽  
Edward Brent

The authors would like to thank both Martine van Selm and Jan Kleinnijenhuis for their thoughtful comments regarding our paper. They each raise a number of interesting points. The comments focus broadly on three areas, and we will structure our response around those three areas. We will first address comments on the literature review, then the Veyor system and finally, comments on the analysis itself.


1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-107
Author(s):  
Yvonne A. Unrau ◽  
Heather D. Coleman

This study explores how BSW students code qualitative data and describes an approach to teaching introductory qualitative data analysis to this student group. A first-level coding task of text data was conducted by 111 students. Their resulting codes were then examined for individual coding styles. This study found that different coding styles do exist and can be assessed. Also, students with research experience rated the coding task less difficult than those without research experience. The study's findings have implications for teaching qualitative data analysis to BSW students and for using undergraduate assistance in analyzing qualitative data.


1991 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Richards ◽  
Lyn Richards

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-220
Author(s):  
Wendelinus Oscar Janggo ◽  
Yuliana Wisnawati Nona Nungsi

This research is entitled “The Effectiveness of Using Cooperative Script Method to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension on Recount Text of 8th Grade Students of SMP N Kewapante, Maumere in Academic Year 2017/ 2018”. The objective of this research is to investigate and to find out whether the use of cooperative script method effective to improve students’ reading comprehension on recount text. The method of this research is experimental research especially quasi experimental research. In analyzing the data, the researcher combined both quantitative and qualitative data analysis. In qualitative data analysis, the researcher used interview technique in order to get information about students’ perceptions in reading, while in quantitative data analysis, the researcher used SPSS version 16. The result of the research showed that the implementation of Cooperative Script Method in experimental class was more effective to help the students in reading comprehension on recount text compared to the use of the conventional method in control class of the eighth grade students of SMP N Kewapante, Maumere. It is also found that cooperative script method positively contributed to improve students’ reading comprehension. Therefore ,the researcher  suggests the teachers to use cooperative script method in order to improve students reading comprehension Additionally, cooperative script method can also motivate students to be more active, relax and enthusiastic to comprehend reading texts.


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