I liked scissors and colouredy markers as well - until I lost half my teensy
weensy pieces of paper down the back of the sofa one day. Went off it then.
CAQDAS is pronounced like CACTUS to remind us that we should get worried if
qualitative analysis runs too efficiently - like life it should always be a
bit 'stuffed' or 'gong-had' or 'wrecked' or 'briste' as we say in the land
of the greeeen.....
PS May I just congratulate you all on your brave declarations of age - I
would declare mine but I wouldn't want to make you all feel sad!
Hehehehehehehe
PPS I know a venerable anthropologist who's been using the Ethnograph for
ages....
Luv
Sarah Delaney
Research Officer
Health Services Research Centre
Department of Psychology
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Mercer Building
Mercer Street Lower
Dublin 2
00-353-1-4022121
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> ----------
> From: Jenny Grey & Peter French
> Reply To: qual-software
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 5:23 am
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: CAQDAS usage - how far does it go?
>
> In my country, Australia, we use a term "CACTUS" which means "had the
> gong",
> "buggered", "will never operate efficiently again", "stuffed" - I hope
> that
> I am transferring the correct impression.
>
> It is an irony that we pronounce CAQDAS exactly as we do 'CACTUS'.
>
> Maybe there is a lot of depth of meaning in the very choosing of CAQDAS?
>
> Maybe you understand me - someone does?
>
> If not - never mind.
>
> On the research front in both of my Masters and still now, I also prefer
> scissors, and glue, but then I am 56 - that is much more of an excuse!
>
> Kind regards
>
> Peter French
> MEd MAcc BEd (UNE)
> Researcher, Writer, Instructional Designer & Trainer
> www.pjfrench.homestead.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gonzalo Bacigalupe <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 10:57 AM
> Subject: Re: CAQDAS usage - how far does it go?
>
>
> > Hummm
> > What is older? Should we use a statistical criteria?
> >
> > _____________________
> > Gonzalo Bacigalupe, EdD
> > Assistant Professor & Director, Family Therapy Program
> > Graduate College of Education University of Massachusetts Boston MA
> > 02125-3393
> > http://omega.cc.umb.edu/~gonzalo http://omega.cc.umb.edu/~family
> > 12:11 PM 3/25/01
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Helen Marshall [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 2:22 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: CAQDAS usage - how far does it go?
> >
> >
> > An interesting question - how widely used are CAQDAS in academe? In my
> > School of 20+ qualitative researchers there are only four CAQDAS
> users;
> > all except me are younger/contract staff. So my answer is that CAQDAS
> is
> > widely accepted and used by younger researchers, and blithely ignored by
> > many older ones.
> >
> > Helen Marshall
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr Helen Marshall
> > School of Social Science and Planning
> > Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
> >
> > phone 61+03+99253016
> > fax 61+03+99251087
> > email [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > Double click on
> > http://www.tce.rmit.edu.au/ss&p/
> > to visit the School of Social Science and Planning's Website
> >
>
>
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