BA-DS-Research-Software.md

 The research software listed below is used / taught in different programmes at FASoS. Please check the relevant methods sections in this wiki to find out which software is recommended for different approaches to data / sources.
 
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+### Atlas.ti (qualitative research)
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+### Qualtrics (surveys)
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+**Thematic analysis** is a qualitative research method aimed at understanding recurring patterns of content and meaning across a data set (e.g. a corpus of texts). Thematic analysis requires a high level of (self-)reflection as the researcher's own positionality is seminal in interpreting the data. Thematic analysis is often divided into six steps, from exploring the data to describing the results.
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+Lawless, B., & Chen, Y.-W. (2019). [_Developing a method of critical thematic analysis for qualitative communication inquiry_](https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2018.1439423). Howard Journal of Communications, 30(1), 92–106.
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+Luo, A. (2022, December 05). [Content Analysis | Guide, Methods & Examples](https://www.scribbr.com/methodology/content-analysis/). Scribbr. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
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+Smith, C. P. (1992). [_Motivation and personality: Handbook of thematic content analysis_](https://worldcat.org/en/title/889813685). Cambridge University Press.
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+### Voyant Tools (distant reading)
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+Voyant Tools are a collection of analytical tools for computational text analysis (also known as _distant reading_). Distant reading helps you get high-level insights into large corpora of text but can also encourage you to understand a small collection of texts in a new way. The focus is on finding patterns: Which words are most frequent? Which words co-occur throughout the text? How does the vocabulary used change in the course of a narrative?
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+Monika Barget created the following slides for teaching essential text analysis / distant reading with Voyant Tools to MA students in the humanities and social sciences: 
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+[Introduction to text analysis with Voyant Tools](https://zenodo.org/record/7348456#.Y4X0SX3MJPZ)
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+The focus is on analysing social media data (e.g. YouTube comments and tweets) and the students' ability to interpret frequently used Natural Language Processing (NLP) visualisations.
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 - Qualtrics: When it comes to analysing the responses, you can either export the data and explore them with Python, R or other ready-made software, or you can use the many data filtering and data visualisation options within **Qualtrics**:
 
 1) Qualtrics permits you to filter results based on respondents' age, nationality, education or whatever attributes you have asked them to provide.
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 - Voyant Tools (text analysis):
 
-[Introduction to text analysis with Voyant Tools](https://zenodo.org/record/7348456#.Y4X0SX3MJPZ)
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-This set of slides was created for teaching basic text analysis / distant reading with Voyant Tools to MA students in the humanities and social sciences. The focus is on analysing social media data (e.g. YouTube comments and tweets) and the students' ability to interpret frequently used NLP visualisations.
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