RE: CAQDAS & discourse analysis (was: Re: Freely available comparisons of
Atlas vs. NVivo)>Whatever your method you will need to do some "topic
coding" and description. But it ain't analysis and is not usually a step to
>analysis.
I would not go that far - coding is not the end, but it is the first step
(as you wrote later) and I would call it PART of the analysis.... without it
how will you move deeper into the data and find answers to your questions?
What is is if not part or the first steps of analysis? You surely start to
think about your data while coding and you build upon that. You cannot
skydive off a plane before first putting on the gear, stepping into the
airplane and flying up into the air - or open the door of a first floor
apartment without first going up a flat of stairs (this may be stupid
comparisons, but they just came to my mind - there might be better examples)
Susanne
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