ATLAS.ti: The Qualitative Data Analysis Workbench

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1 ATLAS.ti: The Qualitative Data Analysis Workbench Ricardo B. Contreras, PhD Applied cultural anthropologist Director ATLAS.ti Americas Training & Partnership Development (541) (Pacific time zone, USA)

2 The Software Based in Berlin, Germany First commercial release in 1993 Currently in version 7 ATLAS.ti for Mac by mid 2014 ATLAS.ti Mobile for ipad at Apple Store

3 What is ATLAS.ti? What are some of its properties? Software that facilitates the process of description, analysis and interpretation of research data collected through unstructured or semi-structured methods of data collection Work with multiple methods of data collection and analysis Facilitates serendipity Multiple file formats Text Graphic Audio Video Google Earth Allows comparative analysis Integration of the qualitative and the quantitative Close to the point of view of the participant and always in context Allows for collaboration in analysis

4 What are the elements that constitute the structure of an analysis project with ATLAS.ti? Primary documents The Hermeneutic Unit Quotations Codes Memos Families Networks

formats accepted allows for rich triangulation. PDF Excel GIF Etc.

5 Primary documents: Sources of information Text Graphic Multimedia Google Earth Word JPEG MPEG-2, MPG RTF PNG WMV The multiple file formats accepted allows for rich triangulation. PDF Excel GIF Etc. AVI MP4 PDs TXT WAV Networks Quotes HU Etc. Etc. Families Codes Memos

Quotations Segments of the text selected by researcher or automatically (auto-coding). Quotations can be created in all kinds of primary documents.

6 Quotations Segments of the text selected by researcher or automatically (auto-coding). Quotations can be created in all kinds of primary documents. The quotation constitutes the basic unit of the analysis project. They can be linked to other objects, they can be left unlinked, they can be described indepth, and their linkages can be visualized as rich graphic representations. Codes that are linked to quotations show on margin Quotations always shown in context Interactive list of quotations shown in the Quotation Manager, each one identified by unique ID PDs Comment space where each quotation can be described Networks Families HU Quotes Codes Memos

7 Codes Concepts that can either derive from external frameworks (deductively created) or emerge from the text (inductively created). Codes can be linked to quotations, memos, arranged in families, and represented in networks. They can also be left alone, unlinked. Codes shown on an optional side panel Codes shown in the Code Manager specifying how grounded in the evidence they are, how connected they are to other codes (density), their authors, and their definitions. PDs Networks Quotes HU Codes that are linked to quotations shown on the margin Families Memos Codes

If memos are systematically linked to supporting quotations, it follows that the reflections, analyses, and interpretations contained in them are grounded

8 Memos Spaces for reflection, analysis, integration, and interpretation. Spaces where to make sense of the data. Writing memos should accompany the process of coding. Memos can be linked to quotations, codes, and other memos. If memos are systematically linked to supporting quotations, it follows that the reflections, analyses, and interpretations contained in them are grounded in evidence. Memo that is linked to quotation is shown on the margin Memos shown in Memo Manager. This shows how grounded the memo is in the evidence (number of quotations linked to it) PDs The memo text Networks Families HU Memos Quotes Codes

9 Families Grouping of primary documents, codes, and memos according to shared characteristics. Families allow for comparison across cases, conceptual categories, themes, etc. Network view of primary document family Network view of code family PDs Network view of memo family Networks Families HU Quotes Codes Memos

Networks Weak link network showing quotations linked to codes

quotations originate Code-to-code network showing semantic

elements created through the normal analytical process.

relations between quotations PDs Strong-link Network

codes and quotations to quotations through specific meanings.

10 Networks Weak link network showing quotations linked to codes as well as the primary document from which some of the quotations originate Code-to-code network showing semantic relations between codes Weak-link Network Linkages between elements created through the normal analytical process. Quotation-to-quotation network (hyperlinks) showing semantic relations between quotations PDs Strong-link Network Graphical representations of a semantic type linking codes to codes and quotations to quotations through specific meanings. Researcher s understanding of the problem. Networks Families HU Memos Quotes Codes

11 Analysis tools: Qualitative Data retrieval: The Query Tool Associations between concepts: The Co-occurrence Tool Keywords in context: The Auto-Coding Tool, the Object Crawler and the Text Search Tool

12 Analysis tools: Quantitative Content analysis: The Word Cruncher Code frequencies: The Code-Primary Document Table Associations between concepts: The Co-occurrence Table

13 Outputs and export formats Rich Text Format (RTF) PDF HTML SPSS Excel XML

14 Team Work Mary Mary + Peter Base HU Peter Susan Susan + Paul Final HU Paul

15 ATLAS.ti Home Page

16 Training Services

17 Thank you! ATLAS.ti Scientific Software Development GmbH Hardenbergstr. 7 D Berlin Germany training@support.atlasti.com

ATLAS.ti Windows 7.5 ATLAS.ti Windows v.8.0

ATLAS.ti Windows 7.5 ATLAS.ti Windows v.8.0 Document last updated: December 6, 2016 Supported Data Types Text (txt, rtf, doc, docx) Open Office documents (odt) PDF (text and image) Images Audio Video Geo