Qualitative text analysis supported by conceptual data systems

Author(s): Wille, U.

Journal/Book: Qual Quant. 1999; 33: Spuiboulevard 50, PO Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publ. 135-156.

Abstract: Content analysis as a method in social sciences is used to systematically explore textual data. Data resulting from content analysis can be made transparent by saving it in a conceptual data system. This supports its interpretation and reexamination and the process of interpretative theory building. By means of an example of a conceptual data system from musicology, the possibilities and restrictions of this new approach in computer-aided qualitative text research are analyzed. Finally, the approach is discussed as a general method of qualitative formal theory building in the context of content analysis.

Note: Article Wille U, ZUMA, Postfach 122155, D-68072 Mannheim, GERMANY

Keyword(s): computer-aided text analysis; Formal Concept Analysis; conceptual data system; data-oriented theory building

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