Qualitative Content Analysis

Qualitative content analysis is organized here as eight sequential stages, each explained so that a researcher can apply it at the matching point in a project. The method is presented as workable whatever kind of material is being studied and however much of it there is.

The author has spent many years teaching this material, and the book is built to serve social sciences students and researchers who need a dependable way to interpret qualitative data. Readers are guided toward the approach that suits their own study. The book shows how the method fits into a range of research processes, offers an overview of text analysis and its different schools, and considers how dedicated software can support the work.

A large part of the book covers QCAmap, with an online how-to manual that explains how to get the most from the program. Scientific research as a process is introduced along the way, and qualitative and quantitative analysis are brought together within the same step-by-step procedure.