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Policy makers will not read everything produced in a consultation. They needs summaries and analses of responses. Tools for analysing quantitative data (e.g. from surveys) are well-known. But there is also software that can be used to analyse qualitative data (e.g. from focus groups and discussion forums). CAQDAS is well-known to academic researchers, but less so among consultation practitioners.
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Policy makers will not read everything produced in a consultation. They needs summaries and analyses of responses.  
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==Quantitative analysis==
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Tools for analysing quantitative data (e.g. from surveys) are well-known.  
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*Simple analyses are often built in to survey tools, like [http://www.phpsurveyor.org/ PHP Surveyor]
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*Full statistical analyses can be done in statistics packages like SPSS
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==Qualitative analysis==
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But there is also software that can be used to analyse qualitative data.
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*Computer aided qualitative data analysis software ([http://caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ CAQDAS])
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**Used to mark up transcripts with keywords, then use the software to bring together all the comments on each topic.
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**well-known to academic researchers
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**less so among consultation practitioners, biasing them towards quantitative data collection, and the simple explicit knowledge that acquires.  
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**With more use of CAQDAS on discussion forum transcripts or collected stories, it is possible to generate useful reports.
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**[http://caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk/links1.htm CAQDAS software sites]

Latest revision as of 11:54, 8 December 2006

Policy makers will not read everything produced in a consultation. They needs summaries and analyses of responses.

Quantitative analysis

Tools for analysing quantitative data (e.g. from surveys) are well-known.

  • Simple analyses are often built in to survey tools, like PHP Surveyor
  • Full statistical analyses can be done in statistics packages like SPSS

Qualitative analysis

But there is also software that can be used to analyse qualitative data.

  • Computer aided qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS)
    • Used to mark up transcripts with keywords, then use the software to bring together all the comments on each topic.
    • well-known to academic researchers
    • less so among consultation practitioners, biasing them towards quantitative data collection, and the simple explicit knowledge that acquires.
    • With more use of CAQDAS on discussion forum transcripts or collected stories, it is possible to generate useful reports.
    • CAQDAS software sites