CAQDAS-GIS Convergence

Abstract

The article explores qualitative geography and qualitative social science as sites of mixed methods research practice. The authors argue that there is an emergent convergence of methodologies and analytical purposes between qualitative geography and qualitative social science. The authors show how methodological and analytical convergence has been enabled by technological convergence between geographical information systems (GIS) and qualitative software (CAQDAS). The argument is illustrated by examples of convergent georeferenced mixed methods studies, including a main example from research on reproductive health in Paraguay.

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“…The analysis entails coding the data, creating thematic categories, dimensionalizing the thematic categories into variables, conducting statistical analysis, and creating a storyline by recontextualizing the results. Fielding and Cisneros-Puebla (2009) introduced geographical information system (GIS) data as a potential data type to integrate. They provided an overarching view of how qualitative software can be used with GIS data.…”

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“…To date, the 21st century has witnessed at least 64 authored or edited books that include "mixed methods" in their titles, eight mixed methods conferences in the area of health (see, for e.g., Muncey, 2012), mixed methods international conferences conducted in four continents (i.e., Europe, North America, Africa, Asia), special interest groups of various professional research associations such as the Mixed Methods Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association (http://www.aera.net/SIG158/MixedMethodsResearchSIG158/tabid/12201/Default.aspx) and the Mixed Methods Topical Interest Group of the American Evaluation Association (http://www.eval.org/p/cm/ld/fid=11), websites devoted to mixed methods research, mixed methods research workshops at conferences, and offline and online mixed methods research courses conducted worldwide. Another important factor has stemmed from the advancements in computer-assisted data analysis software in the 21st century that have facilitated increasingly complex analyses (see, e.g., Evers, 2018;Smit, 2005;Wolski, 2018) and greater access to data both online (Lynch, Gerber, & Onwuegbuzie, in press) and spatially (Fielding & Cisneros-Puebla, 2009;Frels, Frels, & Onwuegbuzie, 2011).…”

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