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The CAQDAS Networking Project, funded by the ESRC Research Methods programme is holding a number of free events at Surrey University, AND ALSO AROUND THE COUNTRY, to provide comparative introductions to several software packages for qualitative data analysis. We are VERY grateful to St ANDREWS UNIVERSITY, and also to CARDIFF UNIVERSITY who are hosting the next two events. We hope a large number of local researchers can attend each event and so places are also being allocated and advertised locally. If however you are not a member of either institution and you wish to to apply for a place at either of these events, contact [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] +44 (0) 1483 68 9455 SOFTWARE PLANNING SEMINAR (free)AT Cardiff University, Wales 17 June 2003 SOFTWARE PLANNING SEMINAR (free)AT St Andrews, Fife, Scotland 23 June 2003 Speaker Christina Silver, for the CAQDAS Networking Project Abstract It is not always easy to visualise exactly what a package offers when exploring it for the first time yourself. Equally when asking someone else for their opinion, it is not always easy to know what questions you should be asking. Most of the software packages we are aware of, and discuss regularly are excellent products in one way or several! Some times you choose the package that is already in situ and make good use of it; but if you have a choice about what to purchase for your research project, you may be in some uncertainty about how to proceed. You may have basic understanding about what a CAQDAS software package will do, but the differences between what each package offers may be subtly but significantly different. During the seminar Ann Lewins will raise some of the issues you may need to consider, and how some of the software programs differ in the way they handle such aspects. Handling 'data': Data organisation : Closeness to data : Output/reporting : Coding and alternative ways of handling analysis : Expressing ideas in visual ways : Transportation of projects : Team work logistics It is hoped that the day will be thoroughly interactive and that you will come along with questions that need answering (or demonstrating) or you will want to generate discussion during the seminar about your project and its requirements. Within the time limits of the seminar - discussion and demonstration can cover the following software programs ATLAS.ti, MAXqda, QSR Nvivo, N6, The Ethnograph, QUALRUS. CAUTION: You should not expect to receive a thorough introduction of any software listed - but you may get a flavour of the major functionalities and characteristics of each- (if thats the way discussion proceeds!) Ann Lewins and Chrsitina Silver CAQDAS Networking Project Dept of Sociology University of Surrey GUILDFORD GU2 5XH email: [log in to unmask] CAQDAS web site: http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/caqdas/ Tel +44 (0)1 483 68 94 55 Fax +44 (0)1 483 68 95 51 DISCUSSION GROUP qual-software : join information etc see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/qual-software.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CAQDAS NETWORKING PROJECT: ESRC funded project to support the use of software in qualitative data analysis; co-directed by Nigel Fielding, Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey and Ray Lee, Professor of Research Methods at Royal Holloway, University of London