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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
'''Content analysis''' | '''Content analysis''' refers to a family of qualitative data analysis methods or to various forms of quantitative analysis. | ||
{{Quotation|Content analysis (sometimes called textual analysis when dealing exclusively with text) is a standard methodology in the social sciences for studying the content of communication. Earl Babbie defines it as "the study of recorded human communications, such as books, websites, paintings and laws." Harold Lasswell formulated the core questions of content analysis: "Who says what, to whom, why, to what extent and with what effect?." Ole Holsti (1969) offers a broad definition of content analysis as "any technique for making inferences by objectively and systematically identifying specified characteristics of messages."}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_analysis Wikipedia], retrieved nov 1 2007) | {{Quotation|Content analysis (sometimes called textual analysis when dealing exclusively with text) is a standard methodology in the social sciences for studying the content of communication. Earl Babbie defines it as "the study of recorded human communications, such as books, websites, paintings and laws." Harold Lasswell formulated the core questions of content analysis: "Who says what, to whom, why, to what extent and with what effect?." Ole Holsti (1969) offers a broad definition of content analysis as "any technique for making inferences by objectively and systematically identifying specified characteristics of messages."}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_analysis Wikipedia], retrieved nov 1 2007) | ||
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* [[Computer assisted qualitative research analysis software]] | * [[Computer assisted qualitative research analysis software]] | ||
* [[Methodology tutorial - qualitative data analysis]] | * [[Methodology tutorial - qualitative data analysis]] | ||
This entry should be split into two different articles - [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] 13:07, 12 March 2012 (CET). | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
=== | === Manual qualitative daata analysis === | ||
* [http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/index.html The Qualitative Report] (both a journal and an index) | * [http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/index.html The Qualitative Report] (both a journal and an index) | ||
* [http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/ QualPage] by Judy Norris. Very good site (traditional academic build) | * [http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/ QualPage] by Judy Norris. Very good site (traditional academic build) | ||
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* [http://www.umich.edu/~qualnet/index.htm Qualnet], in particular [http://www.umich.edu/~qualnet/resources.htm Qualitative Research Resources] | * [http://www.umich.edu/~qualnet/index.htm Qualnet], in particular [http://www.umich.edu/~qualnet/resources.htm Qualitative Research Resources] | ||
* [http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html Action Research Sources] (by Bob Dick, Southern Cross University) | * [http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html Action Research Sources] (by Bob Dick, Southern Cross University) | ||
* [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] once made some slides for a crash course on research design in educational technology [http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/methodo/edu-tech/slide-books/research-design-mauritius05.pdf PDF] (ok for starters, but would need some extra work). See [http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/methodo/edu-tech/slides/analysis-quali.pdf the chapter on qualitative data analysis]. | |||
=== Quantitative analysis of large corpus === | |||
* [http://www.textinsight.net/ Text Insight]. serves as a research and academic portal for those doing qualitative analysis and text analytics. Main focus of the site is the Leximancer tool However, all researchers, students, academics, and commercial entities are welcome to use this portal and its resources. | |||
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== Software == | == Software == | ||
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* [http://cran.at.r-project.org/web/views/NaturalLanguageProcessing.html CRAN Task View: Natural Language Processing] contains a list of packages useful for natural language processing. | * [http://cran.at.r-project.org/web/views/NaturalLanguageProcessing.html CRAN Task View: Natural Language Processing] contains a list of packages useful for natural language processing. | ||
... more should be added here ! | ... more should be added here ! | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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=== Analysis of text quality === | === Analysis of text quality === | ||
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=== Analysis of on-line interactions === | === Analysis of on-line interactions === | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 12 March 2012
Definition
Content analysis refers to a family of qualitative data analysis methods or to various forms of quantitative analysis.
“Content analysis (sometimes called textual analysis when dealing exclusively with text) is a standard methodology in the social sciences for studying the content of communication. Earl Babbie defines it as "the study of recorded human communications, such as books, websites, paintings and laws." Harold Lasswell formulated the core questions of content analysis: "Who says what, to whom, why, to what extent and with what effect?." Ole Holsti (1969) offers a broad definition of content analysis as "any technique for making inferences by objectively and systematically identifying specified characteristics of messages."” (Wikipedia, retrieved nov 1 2007)
See also:
- Computer assisted qualitative research analysis software
- Methodology tutorial - qualitative data analysis
This entry should be split into two different articles - Daniel K. Schneider 13:07, 12 March 2012 (CET).
Links
Manual qualitative daata analysis
- The Qualitative Report (both a journal and an index)
- QualPage by Judy Norris. Very good site (traditional academic build)
- The qualitative Research Page by Bobbi Kerlin, also maintains the Qualitative ResearchWebring
- Grounded Theory Methodology Karl "Chuck B." Freiherr von Manteuffel ...
- Qualnet, in particular Qualitative Research Resources
- Action Research Sources (by Bob Dick, Southern Cross University)
- Daniel K. Schneider once made some slides for a crash course on research design in educational technology PDF (ok for starters, but would need some extra work). See the chapter on qualitative data analysis.
Quantitative analysis of large corpus
- Text Insight. serves as a research and academic portal for those doing qualitative analysis and text analytics. Main focus of the site is the Leximancer tool However, all researchers, students, academics, and commercial entities are welcome to use this portal and its resources.
Software
Other wiki pages of interest
(include specialised technologies)
- For computer-assisted manual analysis, see Computer assisted qualitative research analysis software
- For wikis analytics (various methods, techniques and tools), see Wiki metrics, rubrics and collaboration tools
- latent semantic analysis and indexing, a family of analysis techniques that that assume that a text contains a semantic structure through a kind vector space model and some kind of factor analysis that identifies relationships between terms.
List of tools
- Leximancer, allows to summarize and navigate large text data (e.g. a wiki site) with various visualization tools. (commercial, $750 AUD single license or $150 one-month online)
- CRAN Task View: Natural Language Processing contains a list of packages useful for natural language processing.
... more should be added here !
References
Analysis of text quality
....
Analysis of on-line interactions
- De Wever, B., Schellens, T., Valcke, M., and Van Keer, H. 2006. Content analysis schemes to analyze transcripts of online asynchronous discussion groups: a review. Comput. Educ. 46, 1 (Jan. 2006), 6-28. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2005.04.005
- Naidu, S. and Järvelä, S. 2006. Analyzing CMC content for what?. Computers and Education 46, 1 (Jan. 2006), 96-103. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2005.04.001
- Pena-Shaff, J. B. and Nicholls, C. 2004. Analyzing student interactions and meaning construction in computer bulletin board discussions. Computers and Education 42, 3 (Apr. 2004), 243-265. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2003.08.003
- Rourke, L., Anderson, T., Garrison, D. R., & Archer, W. (2001). Methodological Issues in the Content Analysis of Computer Conference Transcripts. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 12(1), 8-22. PDF
- Schrire, S. 2006. Knowledge building in asynchronous discussion groups: going beyond quantitative analysis. Comput. Educ. 46, 1 (Jan. 2006), 49-70. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2005.04.006
- Strijbos, J., Martens, R. L., Prins, F. J., and Jochems, W. M. 2006. Content analysis: what are they talking about?. Computers and Education 46, 1 (Jan. 2006), 29-48. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2005.04.002