Hi, Nathalie.
Are you suggesting using paper and pencil only or coding on the paper
first and then transferring the codes to the software? I'll probably try
the ethnograph and see if the same problem crops up.
Jim
On Mon, 25 May 1998, Nathalie Cote wrote:
> I'm with Doug on this one. I've been using NUDIST 4 for my dissertation
> project so when another project team I'm on asked if we should use it to
> handle the scads of fieldnotes and interviews we're about to analyze
> together, I said no, because we have to analyze this set of data this
> summer, and the learning curve for all of us to learn to use it would take
> more time than we can spare. Also, we'll be collecting another set of data
> next year, and I've found that N4 is very slow when the data set gets large.
>
> Carol, your data set sounds like it's about half the size of the one I've
> been using N4 with, so here's my 2 cents: do it on paper but be as
> organized as you can. From a short-term view I regret using the software
> because it slowed down my dissertation process (although in the long run
> I'll appreciate the ease with which I can revisit the data). Note that I
> used NUDIST4 - maybe something like Atlas/ti wouldn't have taken me as long
> to learn and wouldn't run as slowly, but even so I think doing on paper
> would have taken me less time.
>
> Nathalie Cote
>
> >
> >So the critical question is, how many transcripts do you have and how long
> >are they? You also might want to factor in how much time you have, whether
> >you are ever likely to do this again, and whether you have easy access to
> >computing resources.
> >
> >For small amounts of data, with tight time constraints, low likelyhood of
> >repeat use, and limited resources, I'd go for paper every time.
> >
> >Best wishes
> >Doug Ezzy
> >
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