We would like to invite you to attend our professional development workshop on Using Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Comparing NVivo, QDA Miner and Atlas.ti to be held on Saturday August 8th 2009 from 2:20-6:20pm at Swissôtel Chicago in Zurich B.
Workshop Details:
As the use of rich, deep qualitative data begins to receive the appropriate recognition as a suite of research methodologies in the management field (Gephart, 2004), so the tools which can assist researchers in their quest to interpret and disseminate the knowledge inherent within qualitative enquiry deserve much attention. This has been somewhat lacking in the Academy (O'Kane et al., 2008; Smith et al., 2008). In this workshop we aim to redress this by presenting and comparing three different software packages: NVivo; QDA Miner; and, Atlas.ti. These packages, which began to emerge around the same time, have taken different approaches to data representation and used varying tools and techniques to aid data interpretation. By giving an overview of all three, we use our combined expertise to discuss and debate the merits and pitfalls of each package while acknowledging and debating the different research approaches the packages support. This varies broadly from inductive to deductive approaches and the various analytical schemes therein. We provide participants with an introduction to the role of rigor in relation to qualitative enquiry and follow this up with an overview of the functions of each program. We will use a panel debate to interrogate the packages in further detail and answer key questions from the participants.
Following this, participants will have the option to join one of the parallel hands-on sessions on each piece of software which will give a basic introduction to using and getting to know each package. Participants should download a trial version of each software package. NVivo is available from: http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_free-trial-software.aspx. QDA Miner from: http://www.provalisresearch.com/Download/download.html and Atlas.ti from: http://www.atlasti.com/demo.html. Additionally, a separate but interlinked workshop on "Introduction to Content Analysis" (11192) will prequel this.
To guarantee a place at one of the three hands-on sessions please register for the workshop using the PDW pre-registration system, https://secure.aomonline.org/PDWReg. You can still attend the first two hours without pre-registering and there may be limited places available for the hands-on sessions on the day.
We look forward to meeting you there.
Paula and all the team
Organizer: Paula Marie O'Kane; U. of Ulster;
Presenter: Anne D. Smith; U. of Tennessee;
Distinguished Speaker: Anand Narasimhan; IMD;
Presenter: Jane Kirsten Matthiesen; Aston U.;
Discussant: Carrie Blair; College of Charleston;
Discussant: Taylor L. Poling; U. of Tennessee, Knoxville;
Presenter: Kavita Abraham; London School of Economics
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Dr. Paula O'Kane | Department of Management | Business and Management Research Institute| Ulster Business School | University of Ulster | Room 1K20 | Shore Road | Newtownabbey| BT37 0QB | T 028 9036 8836 | E pm.okane@ulster.ac.uk