Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: qc is a free, open-source command-line-based tool for qualitative data analysis designed to support computational thinking.In addition to making the qualitative data analysis process more robust and efficient, computational thinking can contribute to the richness of subjective interpretation.The typical workflow in qualitative research is an iterative cycle of "notice things," "think about things," and "collect things" (Seidel, 1998, p. 2).qc provides computational affordances for each of these practices, including the ability to integrate manual coding with automated coding, a tree-based hierarchy of codes stored in a YAML file, allowing versioning of thematic analysis, and a powerful query interface for viewing code statistics and snippets of coded documents.
DOI: 10.21105/joss.07031
Author: Chris Proctor
Institution: University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Language: English
Subfield: General Social Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: University at Buffalo
OpenAlex ID: W4403399093