The Software webQDA on Support for Knowledge of Construction: An experience report in qualitative research

Authors

  • Maria Marta Nolasco Chaves Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.
  • Melissa dos Reis Pinto Mafra Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.
  • Liliana Müller Larocca Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2015v4i3.p81-86

Abstract

This article reports the experience of using webQDA software to support the construction of knowledge in qualitative research. The tool enabled both the organization as data analysis, allowing to develop the methodological approach anchored in the theoretical framework of the Nursing's Praxis Theory in Public Health (TIPESC) and critical epidemiology. In the process, the interviews were transcribed and placed in the software and data categorization was based on the consistency and frequency of text fragments, the meanings cores, what enabled to highlight four categories and sixteen subcategories in the results. It is understood that the software allowed to reduce the subjectivity of the researchers involved in the study and, from this, it is possible to prepare the results and analyze the data in more depth, a process that was considered as a qualifier for this study.

Keywords: Software Tools; Qualitative Research; Nursing.

Author Biographies

Maria Marta Nolasco Chaves, Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.

Doutora em Enfermagem pela Universidade de São Paulo - USP. Docente na Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.

Melissa dos Reis Pinto Mafra, Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.

Mestre em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.

Liliana Müller Larocca, Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR. Docente na Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.

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Published

2015-12-20

How to Cite

CHAVES, Maria Marta Nolasco; MAFRA, Melissa dos Reis Pinto; LAROCCA, Liliana Müller. The Software webQDA on Support for Knowledge of Construction: An experience report in qualitative research. Fronteiras - Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 3, p. 81–86, 2015. DOI: 10.21664/2238-8869.2015v4i3.p81-86. Disponível em: https://revistas.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/1412. Acesso em: 11 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2015): FRONTEIRAS - ISSN 2238-8869

Section

Dossier - Technologies, Epistemological Convergence of Complexity

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