Citing the QDA Paper
I have been surprised and honored to have people continue to
cite this ten year old article over the years. It has been a pleasant
recurring "fifteen minute" experience.
In response to two recent requests (in the summer of 2008), I am
posting a suggested way of citing this document. This is not
necessarily the the best or most appropriate citation form. It is
simply one that seems to make sense until somebody kindly educates
me otherwise and shows me that there is a better or more appropriate way.
Seidel, John V., (1998) Qualitative Data Analysis, www.qualisresearch.com (originally published as Qualitative Data Analysis, in The Ethnograph v5.0: A Users Guide, Appendix E, 1998, Colorado Springs, Colorado: Qualis Research).
A Brief History
This paper, titled
Qualitative Data Analysis, was originally part
of the manual for The Ethnograph v4. It was revised and included the
1998 manual for The Ethnograph v5 as Appendix E. It has
been available as a separate document on the Qualis Research web
site since 1998. It has not been revised or changed since
1998.
You can freely download, copy, print and disseminate the QDA Paper
if 1) the copyright notice is included, 2) you include the entire
document, and 3) you do not alter the document in any way.
This paper represents some, but not all, of
the ideas of myself, John Seidel, the developer of The Ethnograph. I reserve the right to revise and change my ideas as I
continue to develop them. Also keep in mind that it is a ten
year old paper.