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Using a database program to handle qualitative data.

P Burnard
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This paper describes the use of a database computer program to store and organise qualitative research data. The program File Express is described briefly and instructions are offered for setting up the program for use in interviews and transcription. Both the advantages and the disadvantages of this approach to data organisation are discussed.

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P Burnard. 1994. Using a database program to handle qualitative data.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0260-6917(94)90086-8

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