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CAQDAS Videos by Christian Schmieder
In this 8-minute video, we’ll show you what Qualitative Data Analysis software can and can’t do, ... more In this 8-minute video, we’ll show you what Qualitative Data Analysis software can and can’t do, and we’ll discuss the major functionality of QDA software.
Text & Concept: Christian Schmieder, UW-Madison, School of Education
Voice Artist: Meagan Rothschild, UW-Madison, School of Education
Tech Consulting: Jesse Henderson, UW-Madison Memorial Library, Digital Collections
In this video lecture series, I'm providing a brief overview over the general functionality of QD... more In this video lecture series, I'm providing a brief overview over the general functionality of QDA software, the academic discourse around the tool, and he gives some hints on choosing the right software for your project.
Part 1: General Functionality of QDA Software (12 minutes)
Part 2: Hopes & Fears: The Discourse Around QDA Software
Part 3: Choosing QDA Software
Excerpts from a lecture given at the School of Medicine and Public Health, June 2014.
CAQDAS guides & hints by Christian Schmieder
Grammatically speaking, "coding data" implies that something is done to the data; applied to the ... more Grammatically speaking, "coding data" implies that something is done to the data; applied to the data. Data are being coded; they become en-coded. However, qualitative researchers also use the term "coding data" when they describe processes in which they generate codes with, or from data. I think this is confusing. The term "coding data" characterizes one end on a continuum of coding practices: coding as sorting. When we describe how we build or reconstruct systems of meaning by analyzing data it may make more sense to say that we're "data-ing codes".
Coding is easily misunderstood as the ‘basic’ or ‘essential’ function of qualitative data analysi... more Coding is easily misunderstood as the ‘basic’ or ‘essential’ function of qualitative data analysis software. In this essay, I discuss how this misunderstanding connects to the technical ease of coding in software; to wide-spread anxiety concerning doing methodologically driven analysis; and to common contexts in which software use is taught.
In this guide, I will briefly discuss how general QDA packages (such as NVIVO, MAXQDA, or Dedoose... more In this guide, I will briefly discuss how general QDA packages (such as NVIVO, MAXQDA, or Dedoose) differ from specialized software designed for the analysis of videos. As an example for the latter, I will use Transana, which is delevoped by David K. Woods at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at UW-Madison.
Phone calls can be easily recorded if you conduct your phone interviews via Skype. There is a ser... more Phone calls can be easily recorded if you conduct your phone interviews via Skype. There is a series of add-ons and programs which allow you to record phone conversations as well as conversations with other Skype users. You’ll find a commented list of Skype recorders here.
This guide will introduce you to the free “Mp3 Skype Recorder”, which – as the name suggests – saves your conversations as mp3 files. If you want to try out different programs: The guys from audiotranskription.de have created two excellent German video tutorials on using two other recorders, “wiretap” & “callgraph”. The tutorials are available here.
In this guide, I show how Metaphors can be isolated from a text in MAXQDA for further analysis. (... more In this guide, I show how Metaphors can be isolated from a text in MAXQDA for further analysis. (This guide is in German)
In dieser Kurzanleitung wird gezeigt, wie Metaphern in MAXqda aus einem Text isoliert werden können. Die zugrundeliegende Methode (ausführlich: Kruse/Biesel/Schmieder 2011) baut auf Rudolf Schmitts (1997; 2003) Vorschlägen zur handwerklich-analytischen Umsetzung des Metaphernkonzepts von Lakoff/Johnson (2003) auf. Eine sehr anschauliche Umsetzung mit MAXqda wurde bereits von Marsch (2007, Link) vorgestellt, welche allerdings ein zentrales Element – die Textfragmentierung – außenvor lässt.
A brief guide on how to get your time stamped data into NVIVO.
In NVIVO, documents and excerpts can be exported with paragraph numbers. However, these paragraph... more In NVIVO, documents and excerpts can be exported with paragraph numbers. However, these paragraph numbers are not visually represented in the software itself. In this guide I will show how you can circumvent this issue.
Using PDFs in QDA software is not a new feature, but working with this particular type of file is... more Using PDFs in QDA software is not a new feature, but working with this particular type of file is still somewhat tricky. In this overview I’ll outline general issues with the use of PDFs in QDA software, and I’ll briefly compare import/linking options of PDFs in different QDA packages.
Papers & Chapters by Christian Schmieder
![Research paper thumbnail of Review: A Response to: Schmitt, Rudolf (2011). Review Essay: Rekonstruktive und andere Metaphernanalysen [Review Essay: Reconstructive and Other Approaches to Metaphor Analysis]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/44897864/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum Qualitative Social Research, Mar 28, 2012
Metaphernanalyse, 2011
Die Ausführungen in diesem Kapitel dienen als Einführung in zentrale erkenntnistheoretische und m... more Die Ausführungen in diesem Kapitel dienen als Einführung in zentrale erkenntnistheoretische und methodologische Aspekte und Problemfelder, mit denen sich alle rekonstruktiven Analyseverfahren auseinandersetzen und sich innerhalb dieser verorten müssen. Dies gilt insbesondere für die rekonstruktive Metaphernanalyse, die eine spezifische Perspektive auf die Rekonstruktion sprachlich-kommunikativer Phänomene darstellt. Zunächst müssen verschiedene Grundsätzlichkeiten geklärt werden, die dabei helfen, das Ziel des Buches zu
Geschlechterforschung und Naturwissenschaften, 2006
With this modularized curriculum, participants can generate a question guide for open and semi-st... more With this modularized curriculum, participants can generate a question guide for open and semi-structured interviews while actively using basic functions of a qualitative data analysis software. The idea behind this curriculum is to facilitate the meaningful, critical, and task-centered integration of qualitative data analysis software into methodology teaching. This approach is grounded in Carvajal’s (2002) critique of issues connected to qualitative data analysis software teaching, and it aligns with di Gregorios (2014) call for “a new pedagogic approach to teaching CAQDAS”.
Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, 2009
This article examines the construction, representation and commingling of gender identity in the ... more This article examines the construction, representation and commingling of gender identity in the online role-playing game (RPG) World of Warcraft. I show how players on German-speaking non-RPG servers blend gender by using linguistic markers of gender (like specific articles and suffixes) in an interchangeable way. Subsequent to this analysis, possible consequences for the online world as an opposition to ‘offline reality’ and as a space for negotiation of gender identity are discussed. Focusing on different modes of communication while playing, I develop a more differentiated view on communication, sex and gender in online communities – a view that goes beyond an assumption of simplistic, one-dimensional gender bending.
Books by Christian Schmieder
In und mit fremden Sprachen forschen: Diese Herausforderung stellt sich – insbesondere im Feld qu... more In und mit fremden Sprachen forschen: Diese Herausforderung stellt sich – insbesondere im Feld qualitativer Sozialforschung – immer mehr Forschenden im Zuge der Globalisierung und Internationalisierung von Forschung und Hochschullehre. Doch auf was muss geachtet werden, wenn in oder mit einer Sprache geforscht wird, die nicht die Muttersprache der Forschenden oder der Beforschten ist? Wo liegen technische, sprachlich-kommunikative, (inter-)kulturelle und erkenntnistheoretische Probleme – aber auch Chancen? Diese Fragen sind in verschiedenen Disziplinen virulent geworden, aber leider nur selten systematisch in ihren Konsequenzen für die Forschungspraxis diskutiert worden. Hier setzt der vorliegende Band an, indem er einen Überblick über disziplinäre, theoretische und methodische Diskussionen zum Thema ‚in und mit fremden Sprachen forschen‘, insbesondere zum Verstehen und Übersetzen, bietet – allerdings immer aus einer forschungspraktischen Perspektive.
Dieser Band führt in die sozialwissenschaftliche Metaphernanalyse ein und zeigt, wie sie in eine ... more Dieser Band führt in die sozialwissenschaftliche Metaphernanalyse ein und zeigt, wie sie in eine offene Analysemethodik eingebettet wird, die eine suspensive Haltung gegenüber sprachlich-kommunikativen Phänomenen ermöglicht. Zielsetzung ist, die Sensibilität gegenüber Sprache im Allgemeinen und Metaphoriken im Speziellen in eine methodisch fundierte und nachvollziehbare, aber offene und damit anschlussfähige Analysepraxis zu überführen: Die Metaphernanalyse wird nicht als eigenständige Methode positioniert, sondern als ein Verfahren unter verschiedenen Werkzeugen zur Umsetzung einer rekonstruktiven Analysepraxis. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Metapherntheorie nach Lakoff und Johnson, die anschaulich vorgestellt und verortet wird.
In this 8-minute video, we’ll show you what Qualitative Data Analysis software can and can’t do, ... more In this 8-minute video, we’ll show you what Qualitative Data Analysis software can and can’t do, and we’ll discuss the major functionality of QDA software.
Text & Concept: Christian Schmieder, UW-Madison, School of Education
Voice Artist: Meagan Rothschild, UW-Madison, School of Education
Tech Consulting: Jesse Henderson, UW-Madison Memorial Library, Digital Collections
In this video lecture series, I'm providing a brief overview over the general functionality of QD... more In this video lecture series, I'm providing a brief overview over the general functionality of QDA software, the academic discourse around the tool, and he gives some hints on choosing the right software for your project.
Part 1: General Functionality of QDA Software (12 minutes)
Part 2: Hopes & Fears: The Discourse Around QDA Software
Part 3: Choosing QDA Software
Excerpts from a lecture given at the School of Medicine and Public Health, June 2014.
Grammatically speaking, "coding data" implies that something is done to the data; applied to the ... more Grammatically speaking, "coding data" implies that something is done to the data; applied to the data. Data are being coded; they become en-coded. However, qualitative researchers also use the term "coding data" when they describe processes in which they generate codes with, or from data. I think this is confusing. The term "coding data" characterizes one end on a continuum of coding practices: coding as sorting. When we describe how we build or reconstruct systems of meaning by analyzing data it may make more sense to say that we're "data-ing codes".
Coding is easily misunderstood as the ‘basic’ or ‘essential’ function of qualitative data analysi... more Coding is easily misunderstood as the ‘basic’ or ‘essential’ function of qualitative data analysis software. In this essay, I discuss how this misunderstanding connects to the technical ease of coding in software; to wide-spread anxiety concerning doing methodologically driven analysis; and to common contexts in which software use is taught.
In this guide, I will briefly discuss how general QDA packages (such as NVIVO, MAXQDA, or Dedoose... more In this guide, I will briefly discuss how general QDA packages (such as NVIVO, MAXQDA, or Dedoose) differ from specialized software designed for the analysis of videos. As an example for the latter, I will use Transana, which is delevoped by David K. Woods at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at UW-Madison.
Phone calls can be easily recorded if you conduct your phone interviews via Skype. There is a ser... more Phone calls can be easily recorded if you conduct your phone interviews via Skype. There is a series of add-ons and programs which allow you to record phone conversations as well as conversations with other Skype users. You’ll find a commented list of Skype recorders here.
This guide will introduce you to the free “Mp3 Skype Recorder”, which – as the name suggests – saves your conversations as mp3 files. If you want to try out different programs: The guys from audiotranskription.de have created two excellent German video tutorials on using two other recorders, “wiretap” & “callgraph”. The tutorials are available here.
In this guide, I show how Metaphors can be isolated from a text in MAXQDA for further analysis. (... more In this guide, I show how Metaphors can be isolated from a text in MAXQDA for further analysis. (This guide is in German)
In dieser Kurzanleitung wird gezeigt, wie Metaphern in MAXqda aus einem Text isoliert werden können. Die zugrundeliegende Methode (ausführlich: Kruse/Biesel/Schmieder 2011) baut auf Rudolf Schmitts (1997; 2003) Vorschlägen zur handwerklich-analytischen Umsetzung des Metaphernkonzepts von Lakoff/Johnson (2003) auf. Eine sehr anschauliche Umsetzung mit MAXqda wurde bereits von Marsch (2007, Link) vorgestellt, welche allerdings ein zentrales Element – die Textfragmentierung – außenvor lässt.
A brief guide on how to get your time stamped data into NVIVO.
In NVIVO, documents and excerpts can be exported with paragraph numbers. However, these paragraph... more In NVIVO, documents and excerpts can be exported with paragraph numbers. However, these paragraph numbers are not visually represented in the software itself. In this guide I will show how you can circumvent this issue.
Using PDFs in QDA software is not a new feature, but working with this particular type of file is... more Using PDFs in QDA software is not a new feature, but working with this particular type of file is still somewhat tricky. In this overview I’ll outline general issues with the use of PDFs in QDA software, and I’ll briefly compare import/linking options of PDFs in different QDA packages.
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum Qualitative Social Research, Mar 28, 2012
Metaphernanalyse, 2011
Die Ausführungen in diesem Kapitel dienen als Einführung in zentrale erkenntnistheoretische und m... more Die Ausführungen in diesem Kapitel dienen als Einführung in zentrale erkenntnistheoretische und methodologische Aspekte und Problemfelder, mit denen sich alle rekonstruktiven Analyseverfahren auseinandersetzen und sich innerhalb dieser verorten müssen. Dies gilt insbesondere für die rekonstruktive Metaphernanalyse, die eine spezifische Perspektive auf die Rekonstruktion sprachlich-kommunikativer Phänomene darstellt. Zunächst müssen verschiedene Grundsätzlichkeiten geklärt werden, die dabei helfen, das Ziel des Buches zu
Geschlechterforschung und Naturwissenschaften, 2006
With this modularized curriculum, participants can generate a question guide for open and semi-st... more With this modularized curriculum, participants can generate a question guide for open and semi-structured interviews while actively using basic functions of a qualitative data analysis software. The idea behind this curriculum is to facilitate the meaningful, critical, and task-centered integration of qualitative data analysis software into methodology teaching. This approach is grounded in Carvajal’s (2002) critique of issues connected to qualitative data analysis software teaching, and it aligns with di Gregorios (2014) call for “a new pedagogic approach to teaching CAQDAS”.
Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, 2009
This article examines the construction, representation and commingling of gender identity in the ... more This article examines the construction, representation and commingling of gender identity in the online role-playing game (RPG) World of Warcraft. I show how players on German-speaking non-RPG servers blend gender by using linguistic markers of gender (like specific articles and suffixes) in an interchangeable way. Subsequent to this analysis, possible consequences for the online world as an opposition to ‘offline reality’ and as a space for negotiation of gender identity are discussed. Focusing on different modes of communication while playing, I develop a more differentiated view on communication, sex and gender in online communities – a view that goes beyond an assumption of simplistic, one-dimensional gender bending.
In und mit fremden Sprachen forschen: Diese Herausforderung stellt sich – insbesondere im Feld qu... more In und mit fremden Sprachen forschen: Diese Herausforderung stellt sich – insbesondere im Feld qualitativer Sozialforschung – immer mehr Forschenden im Zuge der Globalisierung und Internationalisierung von Forschung und Hochschullehre. Doch auf was muss geachtet werden, wenn in oder mit einer Sprache geforscht wird, die nicht die Muttersprache der Forschenden oder der Beforschten ist? Wo liegen technische, sprachlich-kommunikative, (inter-)kulturelle und erkenntnistheoretische Probleme – aber auch Chancen? Diese Fragen sind in verschiedenen Disziplinen virulent geworden, aber leider nur selten systematisch in ihren Konsequenzen für die Forschungspraxis diskutiert worden. Hier setzt der vorliegende Band an, indem er einen Überblick über disziplinäre, theoretische und methodische Diskussionen zum Thema ‚in und mit fremden Sprachen forschen‘, insbesondere zum Verstehen und Übersetzen, bietet – allerdings immer aus einer forschungspraktischen Perspektive.
Dieser Band führt in die sozialwissenschaftliche Metaphernanalyse ein und zeigt, wie sie in eine ... more Dieser Band führt in die sozialwissenschaftliche Metaphernanalyse ein und zeigt, wie sie in eine offene Analysemethodik eingebettet wird, die eine suspensive Haltung gegenüber sprachlich-kommunikativen Phänomenen ermöglicht. Zielsetzung ist, die Sensibilität gegenüber Sprache im Allgemeinen und Metaphoriken im Speziellen in eine methodisch fundierte und nachvollziehbare, aber offene und damit anschlussfähige Analysepraxis zu überführen: Die Metaphernanalyse wird nicht als eigenständige Methode positioniert, sondern als ein Verfahren unter verschiedenen Werkzeugen zur Umsetzung einer rekonstruktiven Analysepraxis. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Metapherntheorie nach Lakoff und Johnson, die anschaulich vorgestellt und verortet wird.
By analyzing qualitative interviews with researchers, I examine the use of MAXqda in three differ... more By analyzing qualitative interviews with researchers, I examine the use of MAXqda in three different research projects. I scrutinize how the program was integrated into the researchers' workflows and how they felt using the computer for a substantial amount of time during their research. In particular, I draw attention to the interviewees' issues concerning time management, data management, teamwork and data perception. I describe how the researchers perceive and communicate their own computer literacy; I show how they embed the use of CAQDAS into their career history as a natural consequence of their affinity towards computers and out of professional necessity.
What were the concrete reasons for using QDA-software? My analysis shows that the demands of academic discourse - foremost time constraints and the need for professional legitimization - triggered and shaped the use of QDA-Software. The interviewees tended to stick to the program to which they were first introduced and used the software with limited experimentation or exploration. Interestingly, the users who presented themselves as more computer literate did not explore different ways to implement the software more extensively. In fact, my interviews suggest that workshops and literature on software can determine which features of the software are used and which workflows are applied by researchers.
Benefits and pitfalls of QDA-software have been ferociously discussed in the past years with the focus set on the impact of the new technology on qualitative research. Being "pro-software" or "con-software" became a matter of being "pro-technology" or "con-technology" in general and therefore led to techno-ideological arguments. Social and professional influences on software usage, on the other hand, were only sparsely discussed.
My findings suggest that research and self-reflection on QDA-software should not focus solely on the question of how QDA-software (or a certain software package) might shape academic research. Another question must be raised: how do the necessities of academic research shape the use of QDA-software? This shifts the focus onto the social structures and the forces behind academic research practices. Consequently, future research on academic software use promises valuable insights into research in practice in general.
In this brief essay, I introduce the moiré effect as a visual device for explaining three tricky ... more In this brief essay, I introduce the moiré effect as a visual device for explaining three tricky and hard-to-grasp aspects of qualitative research: Abstraction, emergence, and the relationship between data and theory.
Den Streit der Winde kann ich verstehen kaum. Die eine Woge wälzt sich von dort heran, die andere... more Den Streit der Winde kann ich verstehen kaum. Die eine Woge wälzt sich von dort heran, die andere von hier; wir aber treiben dahin auf dem düstren Schiffe, in hartem Kampfe gegen den wilden Sturm. Die Flut umspült den Köcher des Mastbaums schon, zerrissen ist das große Segel, ungestüm flattern noch seine Fetzen. Abstract Diese Arbeit soll es ermöglichen, die Metaphernanalyse als Hermeneutik in kleineren und mittelgrossen qualitativen Forschungsprojekten fruchtbar zu machen-beispielsweise bei der Analyse von qualitativen Interviews, Gruppendiskussionen oder anderen Textartefakten. Ich schneide den Arbeitsprozess also bewusst auf Projekte zu, in denen die Metaphernanalyse eine kleinere, unterstützende Rolle spielt. Der Analyseprozess wird in diesem Methodenentwurf, der sich auf Schmitts Ideen 1 stützt, bewusst klar und kurz gehalten. Zwar liefert eine elaboriertere Metaphernanalyse potentiell elaboriertere Ergebnisse. Doch da die Art der Darstellung und Durchführung von Metaphernanaly...