Using Atlas software to analyse qualitative data: personal reflections
الصالح, ندى جهاد . 2016
Using Atlas software to analyse qualitative data: personal reflections
By Nada Jehad Alsaleh
Qualitative Methods Conference
The University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
From 3 - 5 May 2016
"Poster session"
Qualitative research has become easier and more reliable with Computer Assistance using Qualitative Data Analysis Software. This software offers tools that assist with qualitative research such as transcription analysis, coding and text interpretation, recursive abstraction, content analysis and discourse analysis. Atlas software is one software in this field that supports different languages with flexible licenses. Atlas software provides the opportunity to analyse different sources of data synchronously.
This poster illustrates how I used Atlas software to analyse data collected in Arabic using English codes. Moreover, it shows how I used Atlas software features such as codes, themes, quotations, networks and outputs to read, understand and interpret the data taken from several resources, such as focus groups, observations and diaries. This is not an advertisement for Atlas software, but rather a guideline as to how to take advantage of qualitative data analysis software to obtain reliable results and avoid errors in data analysis.
