© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com ATLAS.ti Mac INTRODUCTION Ricardo B. Contreras, PhD Applied cultural anthropologist Director Training & Partnership Development Corvallis, Oregon, USA training, sales and general inquiries: +1 (866) (US and Canada) +1 (541) (International)

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com COURSE PROGRAM 1.Outline Conceptual introduction Hands-on work 2.Conceptual introduction What does ATLAS.ti do? Qualitative research Qualitative data analysis Data-level work in ATLAS.ti The objects of an analysis project Analysis tools 3.Hands-on work Creating the project Setting up a project Data segmentation and coding Memo writing Analysis and outputs Conclusion 2

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com WHAT DOES ATLAS.TI DO? What does ATLAS.ti do? Software that facilitates the qualitative analysis of research data. Software that helps making the analysis process: Organized Transparent Integrated Grounded in the evidence Software that facilitates the triangulation of research data collected through multiple methods of data collection, such as: Semi-structured/unstructured interviews Focus groups Field notes/observations Archival research/literature reviews Photo-voice/photo elicitation methods Ethnographic videos 3

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com BACKGROUND ATLAS.ti was released commercially in The Mac version was released in September Free iPad and Android applications. The headquarters are in Berlin, Germany. Office for the Americas is located in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS 4

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CHARACTERISTICS 5 INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CHARACTERISTICS Natural setting Researcher as key instrument of data collection Multiple methods Complex reasoning through deductive and inductive Focus on participants’ meanings Emergent design Reflexivity Holistic account Creswell 2013:45-47

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS: ANALYTIC STRATEGIES 6 INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS ANALYTIC STRATEGIES Sketching ideas Taking notes Working with words Identifying codes Reducing codes to themes Counting frequency of codes Relating categories Relating categories to analytic framework in literature Creating a point of view Displaying the data Data analysis in qualitative research consists of preparing and organizing the data (i.e., text data as in transcripts, or image data as in photographs) for analysis, then reducing the data into themes through a process of coding and condensing the codes, and finally representing the data in figures, tables, or in discussion. Creswell 2013:180

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com DATA LEVEL WORK WITH ATLAS.ti: A CONVERSATION WITH THE DATA CodesNetworks Memos Comments Quotations Segmenting the data Writing CodingDiagramming 7

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com THE OBJECTS OF AN ANALYSIS PROJECT IN ATLAS.TI 8 DocumentsQuotations Codes Memos Networks Groups THE OBJECTS Objects exist in relation to each other Objects must be integrated in the analysis process Avoid a compartamentalized approach INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com DOCUMENTS Sources of information Different formats: Text Graphic Audio Video No size limitation 9 OBJECTS OF THE PROJECT: DOCUMENTS INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com OBJECTS OF THE PROJECT: QUOTATIONS QUOTATIONS 10 Segment of the document Quotations can be of any size Quotations are independent objects: they may or may not be linked to codes Quotations can be hyperlinked within and across documents INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com OBJECTS OF THE PROJECT: CODES CODES 11 * Saldaña, J. 2009:3. INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI 7 WINDOWS| RICARDO CONTRERAS Word or short phrase that symbolically assigns a summative, salient, essence- capturing, and/or evocative attribute for a portion of language-based or visual data (*). Codes are normally linked to quotations (but they do not have to be). Coding can be done manually or automatically. Codes can be grouped with each other and can be Represented semantically in network views.

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com OBJECTS OF THE PROJECT: MEMOS MEMOS 12 Analytic memos are somehow comparable to researcher journal entries or blogs-a place to “dump your brain” about the participants, phenomenon, or process under investigation by thinking and thus writing and thus thinking even more about them. (*). Spaces for integration. Memos can be linked to quotations, codes and other memos. INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS * Saldaña 2009:32.

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com OBJECTS OF THE PROJECT: NETWORKS NETWORK VIEWS 13 Graphical representations of linkages Two types of networks: Unnamed linkages Named linkages (semantic) Visualization of how pieces are coming together Concepts maps, cognitive maps, folk taxonomies INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com OBJECTS OF THE PROJECT: GROUPS GROUPS 14 Grouping of documents, codes and memos Grouping according to shared attributes and characteristics Groups allow for interrogation across cases and conceptual domains INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com ANALYSIS TOOLS 15 Word Cruncher Code- document table Co- occurrence table Co- occurrence explorer Smart codes Query tool ANALYSIS TOOLS Quantitative Word Cruncher Code-Document table Co-occurrence table Qualitative Code co-occurrence explorer Smart codes Query tool INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com ANALYSIS TOOLS: WORD CRUNCHER 16 WORD CRUNCHER Word frequency count Words can be excluded from count Count can be done with selected set of words Counts can be done with subset of Documents Table can be exported into Excel INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com ANALYSIS TOOLS: THE CODE–DOCUMENT TABLE 17 THE CODE-DOCUMENT TABLE INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS Code frequency table Number of quotations by codes across documents Number of words in quotations by codes across documents Table can be exported into Excel

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com ANALYSIS TOOLS: THE CO-OCCURRENCE TABLE 18 THE CO-OCCURRENCE TABLE Number of times two codes co-occur with each other Indicator of the intensity of the co-occurrence between two codes (c-coefficient) From the table, it is possible examine the quotations in which Two codes co-occur Table can be exported into Excel INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com ANALYSIS TOOLS: SMART CODES 19 SMART CODES Combination of codes using Boolean, Semantic and Proximity Operators Store working hypotheses which can be tested throughout the analysis process INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com ANALYSIS TOOLS: THE QUERY TOOL 20 THE QUERY TOOL Retrieves data in the form of quotations by codes across documents Boolean, Semantic and Proximity operators Variety of query rules Output in Excel INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com OUTPUTS 21 OUTPUTS Outputs in Excel for documents, quotations, codes, memos, groups and links Quantitative outputs in Excel Outputs in PDF for documents and network views Copy and paste network views into word processor INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com EXPORT PROJECT 22 EXPORT PROJECT XML- Can be imported into other software ATLAS.ti file format INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com LICENSES AND LEARNING Licencing Free trial: perpetual but small project Licences: single-user, multi-user, campus. Student licenses: 6 months and 2 years. Learning On-demand free group webinars Online introductory and advanced workshops Face-to-face workshops Video tutorials Manuals User forum 23 Introduction to ATLAS.ti 7 Windows| Ricardo Contreras

© 2015 ATLAS.tiwww.atlasti.com REFERENCES CITED 24 Creswell, J. W. (2013). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. Densin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (2011). Introduction: The Discipline and Practice of qualitative research. The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (4 th ed., pp. 1-19). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. Saldaña, J. (2009). The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, Inc. INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS.TI MAC| RICARDO CONTRERAS

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