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Computer Supported Qualitative Research

  • Presentsthe most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Qualitative Research
  • Discusses all areas of Qualitative Research and Analysis with emphasis on CSQA – Computer Supported Qualitative Analysis
  • Best selected and edited papers of the ISQR – International Symposium on Qualitative Research, to be held at Porto, Portugal, July 12th-14th 2016
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (SSDC, volume 71)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Research through Design: Qualitative Analysis to Evaluate the Usability

    • António Pedro Costa, Francislê Neri de Sousa, António Moreira, Dayse Neri de Souza
    Pages 1-12
  3. Combined Use of Software that Supports Research and Qualitative Data Analysis: Potential Applications for Researches in Education

    • Katia Alexandra de Godoi e Silva, Maria Elizabeth Bianconcini de Almeida
    Pages 25-37
  4. Use of the Software IRAMUTEQ in Qualitative Research: An Experience Report

    • Maria Marta Nolasco Chaves, Ana Paula Rodrigues dos Santos, Neusa Pereira dos Santosa, Liliana Müller Larocca
    Pages 39-48
  5. Implementation of Focus Group in Health Research

    • M. C. Sánchez-Gómez, M. V. Martín-Cilleros
    Pages 49-61
  6. The Informal Intercultural Mediator Nurse in Obstetrics Care

    • Emília Coutinho, Vitória Parreira, Brígida Martins, Cláudia Chaves, Paula Nelas
    Pages 63-74
  7. Potentialities of Atlas.ti for Data Analysis in Qualitative Research in Nursing

    • Maria José Menezes Brito, Carolina da Silva Caram, Lívia Cozer Montenegro, Lilian Cristina Rezende, Heloiza Maria Siqueira Rennó, Flávia Regina Souza Ramos
    Pages 75-84
  8. Reverse Logistics Companies’ Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis

    • Mélodine Gonçalves, Ângela Silva, Celina P. Leão
    Pages 105-115
  9. E-mentoring: A Content Analysis Design

    • Isabel Pereira, Rita Cadima, Hugo Menino, Inês Araújo
    Pages 117-121
  10. Occupational Therapy’s Intervention on Mental Health: Perception of Clients and Occupational Therapists About Intervention Priorities

    • Jaime Ribeiro, Pedro Bargão Rodrigues, Ana Marques, Andreia Firmino, Sandra Lavos
    Pages 123-133
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 135-135

About this book

This book contains an edited selection of the papers accepted for presentation and discussion at the first International Symposium on Qualitative Research (ISQR2016), held in Porto, Portugal, July 12th-14th, 2016. The book and the symposium features the four main application fields Education, Health, Social Sciences and Engineering and Technology and seven main subjects: Rationale and Paradigms of Qualitative Research (theoretical studies, critical reflection about epistemological dimensions, ontological and axiological); Systematization of approaches with Qualitative Studies (literature review, integrating results, aggregation studies, meta -analysis, meta- analysis of qualitative meta- synthesis, meta- ethnography); Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research (emphasis in research processes that build on mixed methodologies but with priority to qualitative approaches); Data Analysis Types (content analysis , discourse analysis , thematic analysis , narrative analysis , etc.); Innovative processes of Qualitative Data Analysis (design analysis, articulation and triangulation of different sources of data – images, audio, video); Qualitative Research in Web Context (eResearch, virtual ethnography, interaction analysis , latent corpus on the internet, etc.); Qualitative Analysis with Support of Specific Software (usability studies, user experience, the impact of software on the quality of research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Edu. Dep., Didactics & Tech in Tea. Edu, University of Aveiro Edu. Dep., Didactics & Tech in Tea. Edu, Aveiro, Portugal

    António Pedro Costa

  • Info Syst Dept;Campus de Azurém, University of Minho Info Syst Dept;Campus de Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal

    Luís Paulo Reis

  • Edu. Dept., Didactics & Tech. in Tea. Ed, University of Aveiro Edu. Dept., Didactics & Tech. in Tea. Ed, Aveiro, Portugal

    Francislê Neri de Sousa

  • School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn, Estonia

    António Moreira, David Lamas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Computer Supported Qualitative Research

  • Editors: António Pedro Costa, Luís Paulo Reis, Francislê Neri de Sousa, António Moreira, David Lamas

  • Series Title: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43271-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43270-0Published: 27 July 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82776-6Published: 31 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43271-7Published: 15 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2198-4182

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-4190

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 135

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Computer Applications

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