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ATLAS.ti:

The Qualitative Data Analysis Workbench

An overview

November 22, 2012

Ricardo B. Contreras, PhD

Applied cultural anthropologist

Director of the ATLAS.ti Training Center

Greenville, North Carolina, United States

[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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The Company

Based in Berlin, Germany.

First commercial release in 1993.

Currently in release 7 (June 2012).

2012 Ricardo B. Contreras, PhD


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Learning Resources

To learn ATLAS.ti on your own (http://www.atlasti.com/download.html):

Quick tour

Chapters of the manual (at the very least):

Data management

Creating, opening, and saving HU

Setting up a new project

Project back-up and transfer To learn ATLAS.ti under the guidance of an experienced instructor

(www.atlasti.com/training.html): Online 6-hour workshops through web-conferencing

Face-to-face 2-day workshops

On-site 2-day workshops (on-demand) Additional guidance

Book by Susanne Friese Qualitative Analysis withATLAS.ti. London: Sage,

2012.

Companion website of the book: http://www.quarc.de/qualitative-data-analysis-

with-atlasti/companion-website.html

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What is ATLAS.ti?

Software that assists in the process of qualitativelyanalyzing research data.

Data collected through unstructured or semi-structured

methods of data collection.

The researcher is in control of the analysis process.



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Ultimate Purpose of Using ATLAS.ti

in Analysis

Closing the gap between the original text and the interpretative text


Original Text,

Participants

Voices

Final Text,

Interpretative

Text

Description

Analysis

Interpretation

Note:This figure was inspired by the following book: Wolcott, Harry F. 1994. Transforming

Qualitative Data: Description, Analysis, and Interpretation. Thousand Oaks: Sage.


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The Deductive-Inductive Dialogue in

ATLAS.ti


Deductive Inductive

External Framework

DataData

Generalizations

Deductive

Inductive

You are not forced into a deductive or an

inductive approach. The decision as to

what approach to take is a methodologicalone. However, commonly people combine

both: start with a set of a priori concepts

(codes), as a general framework, but leave

enough space for discovery in the form of

emergent concepts (codes).


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Hermeneutic Unit


Integrated context for data description, analysis, andinterpretation.

Container that holds the sources of information and all ofthe analytical work done around them.

File of extenstion hpr6/7.

Every research project requires a single hermeneutic unitholding all of the sources of information to be analyzed.


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The Objects of the Hermeneutic Unit


HU

PDs

Quotes

Codes

Memos

Families

Networks

These are the basic

elements of an analysis

project with ATLAS.ti.

Generally speaking, the

many other functions and

tools available to

researcher revolve around

these six objects.


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Primary Documents:

Sources of Information


Text

Word

RTF

PDF

Excel

TXT

Etc.

Graphic

JPEG

PNG

GIF

Etc.

Multimedia

MPEG-2,MPG

WMV

AVI

MP4

WAV

Etc.

GoogleEarth

The multiple file

formats accepted

allows for rich

triangulation.

HU

PDs

Quotes

Codes

Memos

Families

Networks


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Primary Documents:

Loading Multiple Primary Documents Simultaneously

Loading up to four documents simultaneously.

Allows to conduct rich comparative analysis (e.g., coding two or moreinterviews conducted at different points in time).

Allows for rich transcription of audio or video documents.


HU

PDs

Quotes

Codes

Memos

Families

Networks



Primary Documents:

Multimedia and Google Earth


HU

PDs

Quotes

Codes

Memos

Families

Networks

Video frame showing

quotations and codes

on the marginAudio primary document

showing quotations and

codes on the margin

Google Earth primary

document showing

quotation named My

house

Graphic primary

document showing

quotations and codes

on the margin



Quotations

Segments of the text selected by researcher or automatically (auto-coding).

Quotations can be created in all kinds of primary documents.

The quotation constitutes the basic unit of the analysis project. They can be

linked to other objects, they can be left unlinked, they can be described in-

depth, and their linkages can be visualized as rich graphic representations.


HU

PDs

Quotes

Codes

Memos

Families

Networks

Quotation

always

shown in

context

Codes

linked to

quotation

shown on

margin

Interactive list of

quotations shown in the

QuotationManager,

each one identified by

unique ID

Comment space

where the quotation

can be described.



Codes

Concepts that can either derive from external frameworks (deductively

created) or emerge from the text (inductively created). Codes can be linked to quotations, memos, arranged in families, and

represented in networks. They can also be left alone, unlinked.


HU

PDs

Quotes

Codes

Memos

Families

Networks

Codes

shown on

an optional

side panel

Codes that

are linked to

quotations

shown on

the margin

Codes shown in the Code

Manager specifying how

grounded in the evidence they

are, how connected they are to

other codes (density), their

authors, and their definitions.



Memos

Spaces for reflection, analysis, integration, and interpretation.

Spaces where to make sense of the data.

Writing memos should accompany the process of coding.

Memos can be linked to quotations, codes, and other memos.

If memos are systematically linked to supporting quotations, it follows that

the reflections, analyses, and interpretations contained in them are grounded

in evidence.


HU

PDs

Quotes

Codes

Memos

Families

Networks

Memo that is

linked to quotation

is shown on the

margin

Memos shown in Memo

Manager. This shows how

grounded the memo is in

the evidence (number of

quotations linked to it)

The memo text



Families

Grouping of primary documents, codes, and memos according to shared

characteristics. Families allow for comparison across cases, conceptual categories, themes,

etc.


HU

PDs

Quotes

Codes

Memos

Families

Networks

Network view of

primary

document family

Network view of memo

family

Network view of code family



Networks


Weak-link Network

Linkages between elements

created through the normal

analytical process.

Strong-link Network

Graphical representations of a

semantic type linking codes to codes

and quotations to quotations through

specific meanings. Researchers

understanding of the problem.

HU

PDs

Quotes

Codes

Memos

Families

Networks

Weak link network showing quotations

linked to codes as well as the primary

document from which some of thequotations originate

Code-to-code network

showing semantic

relations between

codes

Quotation-to-quotation network

(hyperlinks) showing semantic

relations between quotations



Outputs

Qualitative Quantitative


The co-occurrence

table showing number

of co-occurrences

between codes

The Query Tool, which produces

qualitative outputs through Boolean,

Semantic, and Proximity operators

Rich Text Format written

report produced through

the Query Tool

Excel graph with data from the Co-

occurrence table. All quantitative

reports can be exported into Excel



Exporting in Different Formats

XML, HTML, SPSS, EXCEL, RTF, PDF, PNG, etc.




Team Work


Paul

Mary + Peter

Susan + Paul

Final

HU

Mary

Peter

Susan

Base

HU



Project Management:

The Copy Bundle Function

If working with documents that have been added (version 7) orassigned (version 6.2) into the project, it is necessary to create

back-up files using the Copy Bundle function.

Save the Copy Bundle file in an external drive.

Use the Copy Bundle function to back-up and to migrate the project

between computers.A. Create Bundle B. Save Bundle




Document Management in Version 6.2

Create a new folder in a location of your preference in Windows(e.g., desktop, My Documents, shared drive, server). Name it with

the name of your project.

Copy all your source document files into this folder.

Save the HU (extension hpr6) inside of the same folder.


Project A

.doc .docx .pdf

.rtf .jpg .wmv, etc.

HU

.doc .docx .pdf

.rtf .jpg .wmv,

etc.

.doc .docx .pdf

.rtf .jpg .wmv,

etc.

Project B HU

The HU file (extension hpr) saved

inside of the project folder together with

the source documents.

The HU file (extension hpr) saved inside of the project

folder but not inside of the individual sub-folders

where the source documents are stored.


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