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May 15, 2023
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Qualitative Analysis with QDA Miner and WordStat

Our qualitative archive provides new analyses of the themes discussed across locations and years. Some of the main analysis tools we’ve relied on are frequency and cooccurrence data, topic modeling, dendrograms, and link analysis. In this post, we’ll share how … Continue reading

April 3, 2023
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Dear Research Diary: Why use qualitative analysis? 

Breaking down the experiences of real people into numbers and statistics can tell an incomplete story. While quantitative analysis requires a preexisting theory of a phenomenon, qualitative methods allow researchers to explore new theories by understanding phenomena in the context … Continue reading

March 6, 2023
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Building a Qualitative Archive in QDA Miner

A few years ago, researchers at CSDE began the process of creating a qualitative archive that encompassed all interviews and focus groups conducted throughout the Unified Champion Schools (UCS) Evaluation, which began in 2008. The goal was to bring together … Continue reading

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