Sorry, I did mean to give you the web address as well!
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/caqdas/
> Mark,
> as a starting point, you could look at the CAQDAS networking
> project (based at the University of Surrey) homepage, which has a
> bibliography on computer assisted qual data analysis as well as
> demo packages to download.
> Cheers,
> Kath Ray
>
> > Hello! As I have just subscribed to this list I would like to take a moment
> > to introduce myself and my interest in this list.
> >
> > My name is Mark Morrison and I am the Evaluation and Research Coordinator of
> > a County Mental Health system in Central California (Stanislaus County). I
> > have a Master of Social Work Degree and have been in my current position just
> > under a year. Prior to that I was a case manager, then clinician in our
> > Children's System of Care.
> >
> > As my background is mostly in clinical work, my formal training in research
> > and evaluation is not extensive (to say the least). I have always been
> > interested the the field, but don't have nearly the training I wish I did. I
> > am very new to the area of Qualitative Analysis, and am having to kind of
> > learn as I go.
> >
> > Our county has just been given a large demonstration grant in the area of
> > working with Mentally Ill Offenders (MIO). It is a collaborative project
> > between law enforcement, corrections and mental health. The goal of the
> > project is to reduce the amount of jail time for individuals who's primary
> > difficulty is in the area of mental illness. A good piece of the grant
> > revolves around documenting and evaulating the processes involved in setting
> > up the project.
> >
> > So...I am looking at software packages that will facilitate a qualitative
> > analysis of the project processes through documentation such as meeting
> > minutes, memos, etc.. I came across the NUD*IST 4.0 package, and through
> > that this list. As this is long enough, I have a few questions and will
> > send this off.
> >
> > 1. Am I in the right place? Does what I am doing sound appropriate for this
> > group?
> >
> > 2. If so, does anyone have suggestions or comments (or further questions)
> > about software packages that would do what we are looking to do? (We are
> > looking at NUD*IST but have not purchased anything yet).
> >
> > 3. Does anyone have any favorite basic references to Qualitative Analysis in
> > general, or the use of computers in QA? As I said, I am new to this and
> > would like all the background I can get.
> >
> > 4. Anything else? Any other suggestions, questions, observations? Things to
> > be sure and do, or not do on this list? I am generally pretty timid, but
> > decided this time instead of lurking for months, I would jump in and see who
> > is out there.
> >
> > Thank you for your time in looking at this. Please feel free to reply either
> > to the list or me individually.
> >
> > Mark Morrison
>
>
> Kath Ray
> CGEM
> Department of Sociology
> Williamson Building
> University of Manchester
> Oxford Road
> Manchester, M13 9PL
> Tel: 0161 275 7852
> http://les.man.ac.uk/cgem
Kath Ray
CGEM
Department of Sociology
Williamson Building
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester, M13 9PL
Tel: 0161 275 7852
http://les.man.ac.uk/cgem
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