KWALON - Volume 19, Issue 3, 2014

Twintig jaar geleden verscheen de tweede druk van Qualitative data analysis van Miles en Huberman (1994), een van de eerste standaardwerken gewijd aan kwalitatieve data-analyse. Zij beschreven de aanleiding voor hun boek als volgt: ‘the most serious and central difficulty in the use of qualitative data is that methods of analysis are not well formulated’ (Miles & Huberman, 1994). Met dit boek wilden zij een bijdrage lever Read More

Ethnographic analysis Ethnographic analysis This article is about anthropological research in the field of management and organisation in the health care sector. The study reviewed two in-depth cases of innovative health care organisations. In this article Annemarie van Dalen describes the method of ethnographic analysis she used in this research.

Hermeneutic narrative analysis: shaping possibilities Hermeneutic narrative analysis: shaping possibilities A hermeneutic narrative analysis is focused on shaping possible interpretations of what is told. The article describes the theoretical stance of such an analysis, like an interwovenness of the object and the subject, the knower and the known. It provides an example of the five phases of the analysis process. The purpose Read More

Process tracing: a structured approach to data analysis in decision making studies Process tracing: a structured approach to data analysis in decision making studies Process tracing (PT) has been developed for within-case analysis to unravel causal mechanisms that explain the relationship between independent and dependent variables. It follows an iterative-inductive approach to generate theory on the basis of Read More

Visualizing social networks using qualitative data Visualizing social networks using qualitative data Studying co-offending and group crime has contributed to our understanding of crime. Co-offending and group crime are studied through the analyses of social ties between offenders. Qualitative information on social ties is needed to get more insight in the ways offenders organize crime together. This contribution sho Read More

Directed content analysis: a more deductive than inductive approach in qualitative analysis Directed content analysis: a more deductive than inductive approach in qualitative analysis Qualitative analysis is often described as a pure inductive enterprise where new theory is derived from the data. In contrast, we argue that when an appropriate middle-range theory is available, the combination of deductive and inductive s Read More

The most different similar outcome/most similar different outcome (MDSO/MSDO) technique. A tool for the selection of causally relevant conditions in a database with a limited number of cases The most different similar outcome/most similar different outcome (MDSO/MSDO) technique. A tool for the selection of causally relevant conditions in a database with a limited number of cases In this contribution we discuss the potential Read More

Data analysis according to the phenomenological reflective lifeworld approach Data analysis according to the phenomenological reflective lifeworld approach This article describes the data analysis according to the reflective lifeworld approach, which represents an empirical application of phenomenological philosophy. The analysis within this approach is based upon the ‘hermeneutic rule’ of Gadamer, characterized by a dy Read More

Discourse analysis from an ethics of care perspective. Good care for adults and young adolescents with cancer Discourse analysis from an ethics of care perspective. Good care for adults and young adolescents with cancer In search of defining good care for adults and young adolescents (AYA) with cancer, four students of the Master Ethics of Care and Policy of the University for Humanistic Studies in Utrecht performed a qualita Read More

Data-analysis in descriptive qualitative research: organizing, summarizing, comparing and interpreting Data-analysis in descriptive qualitative research: organizing, summarizing, comparing and interpreting The grounded theory (GT) method of open, axial and selective coding is unnecessary in descriptive qualitative research. This is for example the case in complex situations and when several research questions Read More

Using diagrammes during data-analysis: A stepwise approach for (beginning) researchers Using diagrammes during data-analysis: A stepwise approach for (beginning) researchers Researchers or students sometimes lose their courage when analyzing their data. In this article we illustrate how using diagrams may help you to explore your qualitative data. We explain how putting your data in a diagram helps you to get an o Read More

Book review Book review In this contribution the author reviews Analyseren in kwalitatief onderzoek (2nd ed.) by Hennie Boeije.

Ik ben heel blij dat Bosch mijn boek ‘praktisch ijzersterk’ noemt. Hij noemt daar vrijwel alle onderwerpen die ik belangrijk vind in een leerboek over analyseren in kwalitatief onderzoek, zoals coderen, de analyseprocedure, de vraag- en doelstelling, ethiek, kwaliteit en de rapportage. Bosch schrijft over en houdt zich bezig met wetenschapsfilosofie en het is dan ook niet verwonderlijk dat hij daar alle nadruk op legt bij zijn kriti Read More

Book review Book review In this contribution the author reviews Applied thematic analysis by G. Guest, K.M. MacQueen & E.E. Namey.

Book review Book review In this contribution the author reviews Five ways of doing qualitative analysis. Phenomenological psychology, grounded theory, discourse analysis, narrative research, and intuitive inquiry by F.J. Wertz, K. Charmaz, L.M. McMullen, R. Josselson, R. Anderson & E. McSpadden.

Book review Book review In this contribution the author reviews The coding manual for qualitative researchers by J. Saldaña.

Book review Book review In this contribution the author reviews Qualitative data analysis: an introduction by C. Grbich.

Analysis over and over again Analysis over and over again Announcement of a book on qualitative analysis

De Stichting KWALON heeft als doel ‘de ontwikkeling en verspreiding van kwalitatieve methoden in sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek’. Zij streeft dit doel onder meer na door het uitreiken van een tweejaarlijkse prijs voor een artikel, als onderdeel van een proefschrift, of een proefschrift (monografie) waarin kwalitatief onderzoek een rol speelt. Dat houdt in dat in ieder geval (een deel van) de onderzoeksresultaten verkre Read More