Use of CAQDAS in Social Sciences in Argentina

CHERNOBILSKY, LILIA

Utrecht

Congreso; Kwalon Conference. Is Qualitative Analysis Software really comparable?; 2010

University for Humanistics

CAQDAS are resources that besides imitating manual processes of qualitative analysis, they allow the researcher to operate at an entirely new level. Nevertheless, the creative and interpretative task in the analysis of qualitative data undoubtedly requires a reflection and understanding that are characteristic of the human mind and can not be replaced by any machine, however sophisticated they may be.   Thus, the aim is to reach a solution for digitally capturing and processing all the data with the highest quality without altering the fundamental characteristics of the qualitative paradigm distinguished by Maxwell (1996): an open process, flexibility and a strong orientation towards inductive reasoning.