Connecting the Dots: A Review of Traversing the Uncharted Arena of Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Mapping Out QDA Miner 4.1 as a First-Time User

Authors

Andrea Cuva, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Abstract

A review of QDA Miner 4.1, a mixed method computer assisted data analysis software (CAQDAS), was conducted to determine how accommodating (if at all) the software was for beginning researchers and/or individuals less proficient with computers. Rather than maintaining the more traditional focus on the technical functionality of QDA Miner, this review was structured around the needs and interests of a beginning researcher. Although QDA Miner offers a variety of helpful resources, questions regarding how to structure initial project to ensure findings yield methodological accuracy remain.

Keywords

QDA Miner 4.1, CAQDAS, Mixed-Method Analysis, First-Time Users

Acknowledgements

The author would like to extend a special thanks to Dr. Ronald Chenail for providing her with the opportunity and encouragement to begin publishing her work.

Publication Date

12-22-2014

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1415

Recommended APA Citation

Cuva, A. (2014). Connecting the Dots: A Review of Traversing the Uncharted Arena of Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Mapping Out QDA Miner 4.1 as a First-Time User. The Qualitative Report, 19(51), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1415