1st Edition

The Handbook of Qualitative and Quantitative Content Analysis Introduction to Classical, Digital, AI-supported, and Automated Data Analysis

640 Pages 12 Color & 79 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Translated from German, The Handbook of Qualitative and Quantitative Content Analysis is a comprehensive handbook which offers an application-orientated introduction to qualitative and quantitative content analysis methods. The book provides explanations for beginners from bachelor level onwards on how to select an appropriate qualitative or quantitative content analysis method and how to use... Read more

1. Introduction  Part 1: Basics of Qualitative and Quantitative Content Analysis and Empirical Research  2. Definitions of Qualitative and Quantitative Content Analysis, and Inductive and Deductive Research Approaches  3. Know your Data: Possibilities and Limitations of Text, Numeric, Video and Pictographic Data, and Primary and Secondary Studies  4. Quality Conventions: A Guide for Good Quality Empirical Research  5. Data Interpretation: A Practical Guide;  Part 2: Practical Guide to Classical Qualitative Content Analysis and Semi-automated Quantitative Content Analysis  6. Deductive Qualitative Content Analysis  7. Introduction to Inductive Qualitative Content Analysis  8. Introduction to Quantitative Content Analysis  9. Deductive Quantitative Content Analysis: A Bibliometric Literature Review  10. Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Model-powered Chatbots to Support Qualitative Content Analysis;  Part 3: Practical Guide to Fully Automated Big Data Content Analysis  11. Automated Content Analysis: Basic Concepts and Useful Tips Prior to Data Collection and Data Analysis  12. Getting Started with Python  13. Data Preprocessing  14. Introducing and Exploring a Dataset Statistically  15. Automated Content Analysis using Relational Methods  16. Sentiment Analysis  17. Topic Modeling with Latent Dirichlet Allocation  18. Topic Modeling with BERTopic

Biography

Christian Schneijderberg holds a PhD in sociology and is a senior researcher at the International Center for Higher Education Research at the University of Kassel, Germany.

Oliver Wieczorek holds a PhD in sociology and is a senior researcher in governance and organization at the International Center for Higher Education Research at the University of Kassel, Germany.

Isabel Steinhardt is a professor of sociology of education and head of the department of sociology at Paderborn University, Germany.