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Using Software in Qualitative Research
A Step-by-Step Guide
Third Edition
- Christina Silver - University of Surrey, UK, Qualitative Data Analysis Services, UK
- Ann Lewins - Qualitative Data Analysis Services (QDAS)
Other Titles in:
Qualitative Research (General) | Qualitative Software | Sociological Research Methods
Qualitative Research (General) | Qualitative Software | Sociological Research Methods
December 2026 | 384 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Options for enacting qualitative analysis are rapidly evolving. This book paves a way through the developments and disruptions, helping you make informed decisions about software in your research and harness the tools you choose with confidence.
From a leading expert in critical engagement with AI, this third edition has been fully revised to reflect recent methodological and technological trends. The book:
- Emphasises ensuring that analytic activities drive software use, putting good methodological decision-making first.
- Explores the capabilities of large language models and generative AI for qualitative analysis, and the challenges and controversies they spark.
- Expands discussion of the research processes surrounding analysis, with new chapters on understanding qualitative method(ologies) and presenting findings.
Empowering ambitious, creative and rigorous use of qualitative data analysis tools, this book is perfect for postgraduate students and researchers conducting a qualitative project.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: Orientation to computer-assisted qualitative data analysis
Chapter 2: Approaches to analysing qualitative data
Chapter 3: Digital tools for QDA
Chapter 4: Getting the most out of CAQDAS-packages
Part II: Getting ready: planning, preparing and reflecting
Chapter 5: Planning an analysis
Chapter 6: Preparing research materials
Chapter 7: Capturing reflections
Part III: Capturing ideas as the basis for analysis
Chapter 8: Exploration and data-level work
Chapter 9: Coding qualitative materials
Chapter 10: Working with coding-schemes
Chapter 11: Organising factual characteristics
Part IV: Analysis, interpretation and reporting
Chapter 12: Retrieving and reviewing throughout
Chapter 13: Interrogating patterns, relationships and anomalies
Chapter 14: Building and presenting accounts