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CAQDAS 2014 conference: Past, Present & Future: 25 Years of CAQDAS, 1st – 3rd May 2014, Horsely Park, Surrey, UK.
Bringing together developers, methodologists and researchers to discuss the state of the art in qualitative and mixed methods analysis. The draft programme is available on the website, as are keynote abstracts and details about Software Showcases.
Follow links to register and click on the “price details” tab at the Online Store for conference fee options (including student and day delegate rates).
The conference is sponsored by ATLAS.ti, QSR International (NVivo), Provalis Research (QDA Miner, WordStat, SimStat), TLab, Verbi (MAXQDA) and Dedoose.
Keynote presentations:
- Dr Grant Blank, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK, "Big Data and CAQDAS"
- Prof. Nigel Fielding, University of Surrey, UK, “CAQDAS and Our Digital Futures”
- Prof. Clive Seale, Brunel University, UK, "Analysis of large data sets using Wordsmith Tools and Wordstat"
- Ann Lewins, Qualitative Data Analysis Services, UK, “My journey with CAQDAS: good times and hard times with technology and the endless washing up”
- Prof. Simon Lindgren, University of Umea, Sweden, "Discourses as Measurable Networks! Introducing Connected Concept Analysis as a Mixed Methods Approach to Big Text Data"
- Kandy Woodfield, NatCen, UK, “From graph paper to digital research: our Framework journey”
Software Showcases:
• MAXQDA Showcase - Introducing MAXQDA and MAXApp
• NVivo Showcase - NVivo - past, present and future
• Transana Showcase - I Can Do That? : Transana Innovations in the Analysis of Video
• ATLAS.ti Showcase - ATLAS.ti 7: An Overview
• Provalis Showcase - Bridging the gap between qualitative analysis and text mining with QDA Miner and WordStat
• DiscoverText Showcase - Sifting Social Data with DiscoverText
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THURSDAY 1st May 2014 |
| 09.45 - 10.30 |
registration opens |
| 11.00 - 11.15 |
Conference welcome - Christina Silver, CAQDAS Networking Project, University of Surrey, UK |
| 11.15 - 12.30 |
Prof. Nigel Fielding, University of Surrey, UK
“CAQDAS and Our Digital Futures”
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| 12.30 - 13.30 |
LUNCH |
| 13.30 – 15.00 |
The role of methods teaching in learning to use qualitative software
- The role of methods teaching in learning to use qualitative software, Silvana di Gregorio, QSR International, UK
- Software or methods first? Teaching CAQDAS before teaching Qualitative Analysis, Gerben Moerman, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- CAQDAS for instructor-student collaboration in graduate level methods courses, Trena Paulus, University of Tennessee, USA
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Software supported mixing of methods
- Mixing Thematic Qualitative Analysis and Content Analysis, Udo Kuckartz, Phillips Univiersity, Marburg, Germany
- The EFI and Dedoose: Methods for Capturing Complex Ethnographic and Mixed Methods Data and Tools for their Integration and Analysis, Eli Lieber,
- Systematic conceptual metaphor analysis with Atlas.ti, Zsuzsa Kalo
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Writing and representing qualitative findings
- Orthodoxy, implementation practicalities and the use of CAQDAS in the dissemination of findings, Carol Rivas, Queen Mary University of London, UK
- What is the visualization looking for? Some reflections in qualitative software tools evolution, César A. Cisneros Puebla, UAM Iztapalapa. México
- Using CAQDAS to explore and validate field-informed, intuited conclusions, Sophie Payne-Gifford, University of Reading, UK
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| 15.00 - 15.30 |
TEA |
| 15.30 – 17.00 |
Prof. Clive Seale, Brunel University, UK
"Analysis of large data sets using Wordsmith Tools and Wordstat"
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| 17.30 - 18.30 |
MAXQDA Showcase
Introducing MAXQDA and MAXApp
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ATLAS.ti Showcase
ATLAS.ti 7: An Overview
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Provalis Showcase
Bridging the gap between qualitative analysis and text mining with QDA Miner and WordStat
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DiscoverText Showcase
Sifting Social Data with DiscoverText
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| 18.45 - 19.30 |
Drinks reception with Sage Publications |
| 19.30 - 20.30 |
Informal evening lecture:
“My journey with CAQDAS: good times and hard times with technology and the endless washing up”
Ann Lewins, Qualitative Data Analysis Services, UK
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FRIDAY 2nd May, 2014 |
| 09.00 – 10.30 |
Prof. Simon Lindgren, University of Umea, Sweden
"Discourses as Measurable Networks! Introducing Connected Concept Analysis as a Mixed Methods Approach to Big Text Data"
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| 10.30 - 11.00 |
COFFEE |
| 11.00 – 12.30 |
Big data, social media analysis, text mining
- Qualitative and quantitative content analysis to course evaluations: Technical challenges and opportunities, Normand Peladeau, Provalis Research, Canada
- Studying sentiment in social media conversations using manual vs. automated approaches, Ana Canhoto, Oxford Brookes University, UK
- Crime Incidence and Video Surveillance: Analyzing Big Data using QDAMiner + WordStat, César A. Cisneros Puebla, UAM Iztapalapa. México
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Collaborative working in the context of qualitative technology
- Data collection and analysis on the move: integration of CAQDAS with data collection. Silvana di Gregorio, QSR International, UK
- Measuring Reliability and Validity in Human Coding and Machine Classification, Stuart Shulman
- I’m Analyzing as Fast as I Can. Using CAQDAS (NVivo) with Large Data Sets in a Rapid High Security Environment, Karla Eisen & Cynthia Robins, Westat, Rockville, Maryland
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| 13.30 – 15.00 |
The role of methods teaching in learning to use qualitative software
- Teaching Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Data Transformation as a Guiding Conceptual Framework, Ricardo B Contreas, ATLAS.ti, USA
- Theory - practice gap in CAQDAS users’ experience in Poland, Anna Kordasiewicz and Karol Haratyk, University of Warsaw, Poland
- Beyond Coding, Clare Tagg, Tagg Oram Partnership, UK
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Critical Issues in using qualitative software
- The Origins of CAQDAS, Urszula Wolski, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
- CAQDAS past, present, and future: A comparison of reporting practices in the use of ATLAS.ti and NVivo, Megan Woods & Trena Paulus, University of Tennessee, USA
- Best practice in mixed method analysis in the CAQDAS technological environment: reflection on two problems emerging from practice and training in applied social sciences, Claude Julie Bourque
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| 15.00 - 15.30 |
TEA |
| 15.30 – 17.00 |
Developer Pecha Kucha:
“What xxx has done for qualitative methodology”
Developers of the following software tools present a fast paced commentary about the contribution of their products to the field of qualitative research.
ATALS.ti (Ricardo C Contreas), CAT/DiscoverText (Stuart Shulman), Dedoose (Eli Lieber),
MAXQDA (Anne Kuckartz), NVivo (Adam Long), Transana (David K Woods), QDA Miner (Normand Peladeau)
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| 17.30 - 18.30 |
MAXQDA Showcase
Introducing MAXQDA and MAXApp
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NVivo Showcase
'NVivo - past, present and future'
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Transana Showcase
I Can Do That? : Transana Innovations in the Analysis of Video
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| 18.30 - 20.00 |
Poster session
- Computer aided analysis of qualitative data in studies based on methodology of the grounded theory – deliberations over application of NVivo and Atlas.ti software in scientific research and didactic process, Jakub Niedbalski
- Increasing motivation and satisfaction at learning processes of qualitative methodology and CAQDAS through emotional tutoring experience at online contexts, Antoni Casasempre
- Conversations Between Photographs and Narratives: Using ATLAS.ti to Analyze Photovoice Data in Ethnographic Research, Ricardo B Contreas, ATLAS.ti, USA
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SATURDAY 3rd May 2014 |
| 09.00 – 10.30 |
Kandy Woodfield, NatCen, UK
“From graph paper to digital research: our Framework journey”
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| 10.30 - 11.00 |
COFFEE |
| 11.00 – 12.00 |
Big data, social media analysis, text mining
- Bridging CAQDAS with text mining: Text analyst’s toolbox for Big Data, Ahmet Suerdem, London School of Economics, UK
- Text mining tools for qualitative researchers: a curse or a boon? Normand Peladeau, Provalis Research, Canada
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Writing and representing qualitative findings
- QDAS, Visualizations, and Transparency, Kristi Jackson, Queri, USA
- Using the network tool in ATLAS.ti creatively, Jeanine Evers, Evers Research, The Netherlands
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Software supported visual analysis
- eInfrastructure for collaborative analysis of video data, Leif Chr. Lahn, University of Oslo, Norway
- Analyzing the Non-Verbal: Techniques for Bringing a Visual Layer into Qualitative Analysis, David K Woods, University of Wisconsin, USA
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| 12.15 - 13.00 |
Dr. Grant Blank, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
“Big Data and CAQDAS”
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| 13.00 – 13.15 |
Conference close - Christina Silver, CAQDAS Networking Project, University of Surrey, UK |
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Dr Christina Silver
CAQDAS Networking Project, Day Courses in Social Research
Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
CAQDAS 2014 Conference : 25 Years of CAQDAS – 1st – 3rd May 2014
