Our ATLAS.ti workshops at UC Berkeley are on hiatus but will resume

For information regarding consulting, individual training, or on-site workshops at your research center, please e-mail cue [at] berkeley [dot] edu.

All workshops currently take place in the Wildavsky Room at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues. The address is:

2538 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94720-5100

Course Description

This two-day workshop course will provide both a conceptual background and practical experience in computer assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDA) using ATLAS.ti. The workshop begins by examining the core elements common to all CAQDA, regardless of methodological orientation, discipline/profession, or platform. After instruction in the fundamental aspects of CAQDA, the course turns to the logic of the ATLAS.ti program, and how it functions as a tool for CAQDA. The majority of the workshop consists of hands on practical instruction and exercises in ATLAS.ti. By the end of the course, participants will have all the conceptual and practical tools necessary to employ Atlas to its full capacity in their current or future projects involving qualitative data.

Topics covered include: 1.How to perform the fundamentals of computer aided qualitative data analysis in ATLAS.ti, 2. The specific strategies necessary for dealing with different types of data including ethnographic field notes, in-depth interviews, texts, audio, video, and documents, 3. How to organize your data set, 4. How to construct and deploy a coding scheme for your project, 5. Making the best use of memos, 6. Inductive and deductive strategies for investigating substantive relationships in your data, 7. The query tool and reverse polish notation, and 8. Advanced functions in ATLAS.ti (i.e. networks, geocoding, quantitative output, supercodes and snapshots, multi-researcher projects, tools for inter-coder reliability, etc.).

Schedule

Day 1
Instruction 9am-4pm
Practice and Q&A 4-5pm

What is CAQDA and why does it matter
The overarching logic of the ATLAS.ti
Performing the Fundamentals of CAQDA in ATLAS.ti
Data Set management
Constructing and Deploying a coding scheme

Day 2
Instruction 9am-4pm
Practice and Q&A 4-5pm

How to perform simple and complex searches to aid in analyzing your data
Inductive and deductive strategies for exploring the data set
How to get the most out of memos
Networks
Advanced Functions in ATLAS.ti

Prerequisite

There are no prerequisites to take this course. However, all students should bring a laptop with the newest version of ATLAS.ti installed. You can purchase Atlas here.

Readings

All readings and handouts will be provided at the workshop. All students receive a handbook detailing the course materials and templates for various data set structures.

Cost

The cost to attend the two-day course is $550 for those in the academic/non-profit sector and $750 in the corporate sector.

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Direct all queries regarding the qualitative data analysis in ATLAS.ti workshops to cue [at] berkeley [dot] edu.

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