*N-C-T Model of computerassisted qualitative
data analysis
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* The N-C-T Model
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* The three components of the
N-C-T model
A: Noticing
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When reading / looking through the data material
B: Collecting
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see puzzle analogy
C: Thinking
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Searching for patterns and relations in the data
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How do the piezes of the puzzle fit?
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Answering research questions and making further discoveries
about the phenomenon
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* Most people lay out the frame first.
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This means for computer-assisted
QDA:
Well thought about data file names
Setting up the project (one folder,
possible sub folders containing all
data)
Creating document families
Possibly the creation of first memos
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* Wir beginnen mit der Kodierarbeit
und legen die Dinge zusammen die
ähnlich sind oder zu einem Thema
gehören
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* Building categories and their sub
categories (properties, dimesions or
whatever name you want to give
them)
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* What has a WASJIGG Puzzle in
common with qualitative data
analysis?
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The NCT process – simplified
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* To remind you of the model:
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* The NCT process can be:
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iterative
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but is rekursive most of the time
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or can be holistic
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Reality often looks like this:
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* How do I manage to finish my
analysis and write me research
report?
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if you continue to apply the NCT model also during
the conceptual phase of your anaylsis
i.e. think about questions to ask, run queries and
write up research question memos
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create network views as soon as you begin to see
how things relate
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