Computer Supported Qualitative Research

<p>This book contains an edited selection of the papers accepted for presentation and discussion at the first International Symposium on Qualitative Research (ISQR2016) held in Porto Portugal July 12th-14th 2016. The book and the symposium features the four main application fields Education Health Social Sciences and Engineering and Technology and seven main subjects: Rationale and Paradigms of Qualitative Research (theoretical studies critical reflection about epistemological dimensions ontological and axiological); Systematization of approaches with Qualitative Studies (literature review integrating results aggregation studies meta -analysis meta- analysis of qualitative meta- synthesis meta- ethnography); Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research (emphasis in research processes that build on mixed methodologies but with priority to qualitative approaches); Data Analysis Types (content analysis discourse analysis thematic analysis narrative analysis etc.); Innovative processes of Qualitative Data Analysis (design analysis articulation and triangulation of different sources of data – images audio video); Qualitative Research in Web Context (eResearch virtual ethnography interaction analysis latent corpus on the internet etc.); Qualitative Analysis with Support of Specific Software (usability studies user experience the impact of software on the quality of research.</p>