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Using Software in Qualitative Research: A Step-by-Step Guide

Gary E. Gorman
05 Aug 2015-Online Information Review (Emerald Group Publishing Limited)-Vol. 39, Iss: 4, pp 593-594
About: This article is published in Online Information Review.The article was published on 2015-08-05 and is currently open access. It has received 52 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Software.

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Doi: 10.15612/BD.2019.771
Geliş Tarihi / Received: 19.07.2019
Kabul Tarihi / Accepted: 21.08.2019
Elektronik Yayınlanma Tarihi / Online Published: 19.09.2019
Makale Bilgisi / Article Information
Bu makaleye atıf yapmak için / To cite this article:
Öztemiz, S. (2019). Nitel araştırmalarda yazılım kullanımı: Adım adım rehber
[Nitel araştırmalarda yazılım kullanımı: Adım adım rehber başlıklı kitabın
değerlendirilmesi, A. Lewins ve C. Silver (Yazar)]. Bilgi Dünyası, 20(2), 265-
269. doi: 10.15612/BD.2019.771
Makale türü / Paper type: Kitap Tanıtımı / Book Review
Nitel Araştırmalarda Yazılım Kullanımı: Adım Adım Rehber
Using Software in Qualitative Research: A Step-By-Step Guide
Semanur ÖZTEMIZ
e-ISSN: 2148-354X
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Kitap Tanıtımı / Book Review
Nitel Araştırmalarda Yazılım Kullanımı: Adım Adım Rehber
Using Software in Qualitative Research: A Step-By-Step Guide
Ann LEWINS ve Chrstna SILVER
(Çev. Melke TEKİNDAL ve Hüsnü ADA)
Ankara: Nka Yayınev, 2018, 384 s.
ISBN: 978-605-9386-38-8
The second edton of the “Usng software n qualtatve research: A step-by-step gude” was
publshed n 2014. The second edton of the book was translated n Turksh by Melke Tekndal
and Hüsnü Ada n 2018. Ths book contans nformaton about software tools whch can be
useful n qualtatve data analyss. It also emphaszes the relatonshp between technology
and methodology. The book, whch allows to explore the systematc and creatve ways of
performng accurate analyzes wth software tools, also contans gudance on the presentaton
and nterpretaton of research fndngs.
Ann Lewins ve Christina Silver tarafından yazılan
“Usng software n qualtatve research: A step-by-step
gude” isimli kitap SAGE Publications Ltd. tarafından
ilk olarak 2007 yılında yayımlanmış, 2014 yılında ise
ikinci basımı yapılmıştır. Kitabın ikinci basımının
Türkçe çevirisi, aynı zamanda çeviri editörlüğünü de
yapan Melike Tekindal ve Hüsnü Ada tarafından “Ntel
araştırmalarda yazılım kullanımı: Adım adım rehber”
adıyla 2018 yılında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu çalışmada
eserin 2018 yılında Nika Yayınevi tarafından
yayımlanan Türkçe çevirisi tanıtılmıştır.
Kitap toplam on dört bölümden oluşmaktadır.
“Ntel ver analz ve CAQDAS” isimli birinci bölümde
(s. 18-42) bazı temel nitel analiz türleri ve bilgisayar
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destekli nitel veri analizi, İngilizce kısaltmasıyla CAQDAS (Computer Assisted Qualitative
Data AnalysiS), kullanımı anlatılmaktadır. Bu bölümde öne çıkan tanımıyla CAQDAS,
nitel araştırma sürecini kolaylaştırmak için hazırlanmış yazılımlara verilen genel addır.
CAQDAS paketlerinin nitel araştırmayı destekleyen temel yolları ile ilgili bilgilerin
aktarıldığı bu bölümde, ‘CAQDAS’ yazılımı konusundaki bazı ilkeler ve yazılım kullanımı
kapsamında seçilmiş analitik stratejiler tartışılmaktadır.
Kitabın “Araştırma projeler çn yazılım desteğnn doğası” başlıklı ikinci bölümünde
(s. 43-68) CAQDAS paketleri kullanılarak yapılan araştırma projelerinin temel yolları
gösterilmektedir. Birinci bölümde gündeme getirilen konular bu bölüme zemin
hazırladığından, yazarlar ikinci bölümde CAQDAS hakkında tanıtıcı bilgilerin ötesine
geçip uygulama boyutuna ağırlık vermiştir. Bu bölüm CAQDAS’ın, araştırma projelerini
yönetmek ve organize etmek için kullanılabilecek bir araç olarak görülmesini
sağlamaktadır. Yazarlar bu bölümde ayrıca kitabın diğer bölümlerinde kullanılan üç
vaka çalışması örneğini ve bunların araştırma tasarımlarını, veri seti bileşenlerini ve
olası analitik süreçlerini tanıtmaktadırlar. Vaka A: Gençlerin Algıları; Vaka B: Finansal
Kriz ve Vaka C: Coca Cola Reklamları’dır. Bu bölümde, projenin yapısına uygun araçları
belirleme sürecinin esnek olduğu, bir başka ifadeyle hangi aracın, ne zaman, neden ve
nasıl kullanılacağının araştırmacıların kararına göre şekil alacağı vurgulanmaktadır.
“Yazılım özetler” başlıklı üçüncü bölümde (s. 70-87) ATLAS.ti, Dedoose,
HyperRESEARCH, MAXQDA, NVivo, QDA Miner ve Transana gibi CAQDAS paketleri
değerlendirilmektedir. Yazılımlar incelenirken aralarındaki farklılığa işlevsel bir bakış
açısıyla yaklaşılmaktadır. Yazarlar yazılım şirketlerinin çoğunun bu bölüme katkıda
bulunduğunu öne sürmektedirler. Yapılan özetler yazılımlar arası farklılıkları içermenin
yanı sıra bunların yararlarını da değerlendirmeye olanak tanımaktadır. Bu bölümde
temel amaç, incelenen yazılım paketlerinin hangi özellikleri taşıdığına ilişkin genel bir
bakış açısı kazandırmaktır. Sunulan bilgiler ayrıca, belirli analitik görevler için daha fazla
ön plana çıkabilecek yazılım özelliklerini de içermektedir.
“CAQDAS paketler çn verler ve verlern hazırlanması” isimli dördüncü bölümde
(s. 90-117), dosya formatları, metin, multimedya ve karma veriler için hazırlıklar ele
alınmaktadır. Veri türleri ve veri analizi için yapılan hazırlık süreci, bu bölümde tüm
detaylarıyla incelenmektedir.
“Yazılımda lk adımlar: Uygulama görevler ve aşna olmak” başlıklı beşinci bölümde (s.
118-146), yazılım projelerinin ciddi çalışmalara hazır hale getirilmesine yönelik bilgiler
aktarılmaktadır. Bu bölümde yazılımla daha fazla pratik yapmanın, araştırma verilerinin
analizinde daha güvenilir sonuçlar elde etmek ve daha gelişmiş içerikte araştırma
tasarımları yapmak açısından son derece yararlı olduğu vurgulanmaktadır.
“Keşf ve ver düzeynde çalışma” başlıklı altıncı bölümde yazarlar (s. 148-174), verileri
tanımayı sağlayan anahtar araçlara odaklanarak, araştırma ve veri düzeyinde çalışmayı
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incelemektedir. Bu bölümde aktarılan bilgilere göre veri düzeyinde çalışmak, hızlı
içerik arama araçlarını (metin madenciliği işlevi dâhil), köprülemeyi, vurgu için metin
verilerinin düzenlenmesini ve işaretlenmesini gerekli kılmaktadır.
“Yazılımda ntel kodlama: İlkeler ve süreçler” konulu yedinci bölümde (s. 176-205),
nitel yazılım kullanarak metin ve multimedya verilerini kodlama ilkeleri, kodlama
terminolojisi ve süreçleri ele alınmaktadır. Bu bölümde işaret edilen bilgiler, kodlama
sürecinde farklı yaklaşımların (tümevarım, tümdengelim, çıkarım) değerlendirilmesini
ve yazılım kullanımı için olası stratejileri içermektedir. Görsel verilerin kodlanması
üzerine de ayrı bir alt bölümü bulunan yedinci bölüm, kodlama araçlarını kullanırken
dikkat edilmesi gerekenlere de açıklık getirmektedir.
Sekizinci bölüm “Kodlanmış verlern temel ger çağırılması” (s. 206-224), altıncı ve
yedinci bölümde ele alınan bilgiler üzerine kurgulanmıştır. Kodlanmış veriler için temel
geri çağırma seçeneklerinin incelendiği bu bölümde yazarlar, veri analizinde kullanılan
yazılımların verileri geri çağırma sürecinde benimsedikleri ilkeleri, amaçları ve geri
çağırma türlerini tartışmaktadır.
“Kodlama şemaları le çalışmak” başlıklı dokuzuncu bölümde (s. 226-250) kod
şemalarıyla çalışma yöntemleri ele alınmaktadır. Verileri bölme ve tekrar bir araya
getirme, paketlerdeki kod şemalarının değişen yapıları ve onların etkileri, mevcut
yapıların sınırlarından nasıl kaçınılacağı ve çok büyük olan kod şemalarının nasıl ele
alınacağı bu bölümde incelenen konular arasındadır.
Kitabın en önemli bölümü olarak görülen “Yazarak süreçler ve yorumları yönetmek”
başlıklı onuncu bölümde (s. 252-280), CAQDAS paketlerinin yazım süreçlerini ve
yorumlamayı nasıl kolaylaştırdığı ele alınmaktadır. Yazarlara göre: “Nha sonuca yönelk
konunuz, metodolojnz, araştırma tasarımınız, analtk stratejnz ve gereksnmlernz
ne olursa olsun, yorum, yaptığınız şeyn özüdür ve yazım, onu nasıl gerçekleştrdğnz ve
temsl ettğnz açısından önemldr” (s. 252). Bu bölümde yazım biçimleri, amaçları ve bu
süreçlerde dikkat edilmesi gerekenler, yazmanın analiz açısından önemine de dikkat
çekilerek tartışılmaktadır.
“Fkrler hartalama ve kavramları bağlama” konulu on birinci bölümde (s. 282-303),
CAQDAS paketlerinin içerdiği haritalama araçlarına odaklanılmaktadır. Yazarlar bu
bölümde haritalamayı yönetme ve yorumlama süreçlerinin yazım yoluyla tartışılmasını
ele almaktadır.
“Blnen özelliklere göre verileri düzenleme” başlıklı on ikinci bölümde (s. 304-
328), verileri bilinen özelliklerine göre düzenlemeyi sağlayan araçlar tanıtılmaktadır.
Analiz süreçlerinde verileri düzenlemenin temel ilkeleri, sınırlılıkları, durumlar, koşullar,
bağlamlar, vakalar, eksik düzenlemeler ve yazılım aracılığıyla adım adım tavsiyeler
bu bölümde öne çıkan bilgiler arasındadır. Düzenlemenin önemi bu bölümün temel
mesajıdır demek yanlış olmaz.
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“Ver kümesn sorgulama” konusunun incelendiği on üçüncü bölümde (s. 330-361),
bir veritabanının sorgulanmasına, aranmasına veya kullanılmasına olanak sağlayan
görevler üzerinde durulmaktadır (s. 330). Sorgulamanın analiz sürecinin her aşamasında
gerçekleşebileceğini öne süren yazarlar bu bölümde, verilerin derinlemesine
sorgulanmasını sağlayacak karmaşık sorgu araçlarını belirlemişlerdir.
“Yakınsama, yakınlık, seçm” başlıklı on dördüncü ve son bölümde (s. 362-367),
yazılımların işlevselliğini bir araya getiren yolların yanı sıra, bireysel araçların ayırt edici
özelliklerini nasıl sürdürdüğü de ele alınmaktadır. Yazılımın kullanımı için plan yapma
ihtiyacı; bir yazılım paketinin araştırmadaki yeri; yazılımın araştırmacıyı topladığı verilere
nasıl daha fazla yakınlaştırabileceği; veri analizi tekniklerinin nasıl farklılık gösterdiği ve
yazılımla çalışmanın araştırmacıya sağladığı avantajlar özetlenmiştir.
Kitap genel olarak değerlendirildiğinde, nitel veri analizinde faydalı olabilecek
yazılım araçları hakkında bilgiler içerdiği söylenebilir. Bu yönüyle eserin, okuyucunun
teknoloji ile metodoloji arasındaki ilişkiyi kavramasına anlamlı katkılar sağlayacağı
düşünülmektedir Yazılım araçları ile doğru analizler yapmanın sistematik ve yaratıcı
yollarını keşfetmeye olanak sağlayan bu kitap, ayrıca araştırma bulgularının sunumu ve
yorumlanması hakkında da yönlendirici bilgiler içermektedir.
Sonuç olarak bu kitap, kütüphanecilik ve bilgi bilim başta olmak üzere, sosyal
bilimlerin hemen her disiplinde sıklıkla başvurulan nitel yöntemin, yazılım araçları
aracılığıyla nasıl daha etkin ve verimli sonuçlar doğurabileceğini göstermektedir.
Emeği geçenlere teşekkür ederken, ilgililerine zengin katkılar yaratan okumalar
dilerim.
Kaynakça
Lewins, A. ve Silver, C. (2014). Usng software n qualtatve research: A step-by-step gude. (2. Ed.).
London, UK: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Dr. Semanur ÖZTEMİZ
Hacettepe Ünverstes Blg ve Belge Yönetm Bölümü
e-posta: semanuroztemz@gmal.com
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27 Aug 2019-Resources Conservation and Recycling
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify potential actors for the success of upcycling businesses, key challenges and success factors, causal linkages among the challenges, key system mechanisms, and interventions for scaling up upcycling businesses.
Abstract: Upcycling is a process in which used or waste products and materials are repaired, reused, repurposed, refurbished, upgraded and remanufactured in a creative way to add value to the compositional elements. It has been part of human life throughout history, and the past few years have seen its revival, driven by multiple factors including growing concern for the environment and resource scarcity. Upcycling increases quality and lifetimes of materials and products, reduces wastes, creates employment opportunities, and encourages sustainable consumer behaviour. Despite such benefits and increasing interest, upcycling is largely considered as a niche practice. One of the important gaps in the current state of knowledge on upcycling is a lack of systemic understanding about challenges and success factors relating to scaling up upcycling businesses. This paper aims to address this gap by employing a broad range of methods for reaching its goal, including literature review, stakeholder analysis, semi-structured interviews, group model building, development of causal loop diagrams, and a workshop with stakeholders and experts to validate causal loop diagrams and discuss promising interventions and how to proceed. The results identified potential actors for the success of upcycling businesses, key challenges and success factors, causal linkages among the challenges and success factors, key system mechanisms, and interventions for scaling up upcycling businesses. Collaboration across the upcycling value chain involving a wide range of actors is also discussed.

58 citations

Journal Article•DOI•
Gender Equality and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Priorities and Correlations in the Top Business Schools’ Communication and Legitimation Strategies

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Giorgia Miotto, Marc Polo López, Josep Rom Rodríguez
09 Jan 2019-Sustainability
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze business schools communication priorities related to gender equality projects and policies in their sustainability reports and find that gender equality related topics are a source of positive impact and legitimacy for top business schools.
Abstract: Gender equality is still an issue in business schools, since women in MBAs classrooms, in faculty and in management teams have low representation. Challenges caused by lack of financial aids, salaries gap and a very masculine model avoid a better gender balance in the business graduate schools, which, globally, should lead women personal and professional development. The main objective of this research is to analyse business schools communication priorities related to gender equality projects and policies in their sustainability reports, considering these as a fundamental tool for corporate legitimacy. Through a content analysis of the sustainable reports of the top 50 business schools of the world, we elaborate a “Codes Frequency Report” focusing on “Goal 4: quality of education” (in relation with scholarships and grants allocation) and “Goal 5: gender equality” and we explore the correlations with the schools’ ranking positions, the price of the MBA programmes, the percentage of female MBA students, of female faculty members and women in board of directors in the different geographical areas as Europe, US and Asia. Results show that gender equality related topics are a source of positive impact and legitimacy for top business schools.

46 citations

Dissertation•
How can approaches aimed at preventing Female Genital Mutilation be improved and developed using participatory methods with second-generation young people in the UK?

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Saadye Ali
01 Jun 2020
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how young people directly or indirectly affected by FGM interpret and understand the practice and explore their views on current approaches aimed at preventing the practice in the UK.
Abstract: Background: There is considerable interest in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at global level, and within the United Nations Development Programme Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), goal 5.3 aims to eliminate all harmful practices, including reducing the global prevalence of FGM by half by 2030. The UK has played an active role in engaging with FGM-practising communities as well as in developing legislation that aims to protect women and girls at risk, which are both said to have contributed to the reduction of the prevalence of the practice. Aims: To examine how young people directly or indirectly affected by FGM interpret and understand the practice and to explore their views on current approaches aimed at preventing the practice in the UK. Methods: A community-based participatory methodology was developed, involving two phases. Phase One involved recruiting eight young people aged 15-18 years living in Bristol and training them as co-researchers. This training required them to participate in ten 2½ hour workshops over five months that utilised a variety of participatory methods, including drawing, singing and role play. A training manual was developed with the co-researchers. The data collected from the training formed the initial phase of data collection and helped to develop the second stage of the research. Phase Two involved recruiting participants aged 13-15 years from Bristol, Cardiff and Milton Keynes, who participated in focus groups and one-to-one semi-structured interviews led by the co-researchers and the lead researcher. Results: The young people involved in this study – whether as co-researchers or as Stage 2 research participants – showed a general lack of knowledge about the practice of FGM. They tended to assume it to be a historical issue that was of little or no relevance to them in a UK context. Moreover, it would seem that the meaning of FGM to young people has evolved from what was formerly considered a cultural issue to a complex, multifaceted phenomenon that is concerned with identity, body image and self-esteem. The research findings reveal that young people directly or indirectly affected by FGM identify as “bicultural”; on the one hand they attempt to construct a social position, identity and sense of belonging rooted in the dominant Western UK culture, whilst also identifying – to greater or lesser degrees – with the imported non-Western culture of their parents. This is challenging for young people who have to negotiate their status and identity where culture and religion intersect. This suggests that future strategies to tackle and prevent FGM – and to bring about cultural change – should embrace a positive holistic, inter-sectional approach, which is relevant to young people and guided by their values, beliefs and views. This implies moving beyond the preoccupation with a harm reduction approach towards one that engages with communities in positive and productive ways.

44 citations

Journal Article•DOI•
Problems with safety observation reporting: A construction industry case study

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David Oswald1, Fred Sherratt2, Simon Smith3•
RMIT University1, Anglia Ruskin University2, University of Edinburgh3
01 Aug 2018-Safety Science
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a case study of a large construction project in the United Kingdom with a safety observation reporting (SOR) system in which workers were encouraged to report unsafe acts or conditions via computer or handwritten cards, for subsequent action by the health and safety team.

39 citations

Journal Article•
Psycho-Socio-Cultural Determinants of Food Choice: A Qualitative Study on Adults in Social and Cultural Context of Iran.

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Arezoo Haghighian Roudsari1, AbouAli Vedadhir2, Parisa Amiri1, Naser Kalantari1, Nasrin Omidvar1, Hassan Eini-Zinab1, Hani Sadati3 •
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services1, University of Tehran2, McGill University3
18 Oct 2017-Iranian Journal of Psychiatry
TL;DR: Food choice in the studied adults (30-64 years old) was widely influenced by psychological, social, and cultural determinants, which can be categorized into 5 main themes: cultural context and patterns; social Structure and norms; information resources and media; household and family structure; and nutrition transition.
Abstract: Objective: Food choice is a process through which people think, feel, and eat food. It does not only influence individuals' health and well-being, families and communities, but also it has an effect on regional, national, and global levels. This qualitative study was conducted to explore perceptions and lived experiences of Tehran adult residents on psychological, social and cultural determinants of food choice. Method: In this qualitative design, we recruited 33 adults aged 30 to 64 years from various districts of Tehran, capital of Iran, and we explored how people make decisions about food choice in practice and shape their perception, attitude, and eating practices. An individual in-depth semi-structured interview guide included major questions with follow-up probes was used to explore participants' current and past eating habits from childhood to adulthood, dietary change at different life courses, and effective psychological state on food selection in different seasons. Results: This study revealed that food choice in the studied adults (30-64 years old) was widely influenced by psychological, social, and cultural determinants, which can be categorized into 5 main themes: cultural context and patterns; social Structure and norms; information resources and media; household and family structure; and nutrition transition. Conclusion: The findings clarified the importance of social and cultural contexts, which influence the food choice of adults in a metropolis like Tehran. Many of these concepts are contextualized from childhood. These findings could serve as guideline to design socio-culturally appropriate strategies and improve dietary behaviors of Iranians.

36 citations

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