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Advantages of a Free Software Culture for Qualitative Researchers in the Social Sciences

International Journal of Qualitative Research, 2023
This paper aims to show the characteristics of free software and its implications for qualitative analysis in social research, especially in the case of new researchers and researchers with limited financial resources, as happens in third-world countries.
Ernesto Israel Santillan-Anguiano, Emilia Cristina González-Machado   +1 more
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An Object-Based Approach to Modelling and Analysis of Failure Properties [PDF]

, 1997
In protection systems, when traditional technology is replaced by software, the functionality and complexity of the system is likely to increase. The quantitative evidence normally provided for safety certification of traditional systems cannot be relied
Cepin, M., de Lemos, Rogério, Mavko, B., Riddle, S., Saeed, Amer   +4 more
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Use of IRAMUTEQ software in qualitative research: an experience repor

Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2021
Objective: to report the experience of using the software Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires (IRAMUTEQ) as a computerized tool to support the analysis of textual data in qualitative research in health ...
Fernanda Garcia Bezerra Góes, Andressa Silva Torres dos Santos, Brenda Lucas Campos, Aline Cerqueira Santos Santana da Silva, Liliane Faria da Silva, Luiz Carlos Moraes França   +5 more
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A qualitative study of stakeholders' perspectives on the social network service environment [PDF]

, 2014
Over two billion people are using the Internet at present, assisted by the mediating activities of software agents which deal with the diversity and complexity of information.
Arazy O., Baran P., Baym N., Bazeley P., Bignell K., Boyd D., Bryman A., Burgess R., Burns N., Chinn P., Curasi C., David M., Easterby-Smith M., Elgesem D., Franklin S., Freeman A., Gilbert D., Graham M., Haag S., Hojung Kim, International Telecommunication Union, Joseph Giacomin, Kothari C., Krippendorff K., Lippay L., Marci C., Mavridis N., Melville P., Miller A., Nissenbaum H., Nissenbaum H., Norman D., Ofcom, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Preibusch S., Ramparany F., Robert Macredie, Robson C., Saunders M., Spinello R., Staniford L., Stanton N., Sterling B., Strauss A., Suchman L., Thaler R., Westin A., Working Group on Internet Governance, Zarsky T.   +48 more
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Reflection on qualitative data analysis software - possibilities, limitations and challenges for qualitative educational research

Revista Electrónica en Educación y Pedagogía, 2020
The progressing digitalization is increasingly permeating all spheres of life: also science. It has reached not only natural sciences, but also the humanities, such as qualitative educational research. For example, for the analysis of qualitative data in
Epp André
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Using software to tell a trustworthy, convincing and useful story [PDF]

, 2012
This paper discusses the potential of specialist software to develop category construction in qualitative data analysis and considers how the uses of software may best be reported to substantiate researchers’ claims. Examples are examined from two recent
Odena, O.
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Nurses' views of using computerized decision support software in NHS Direct [PDF]

, 2004
Background. Nurses working in NHS Direct, the 24-hour telephone advice line in England, use computerized decision support software to recommend to callers the most appropriate service to contact, or to advise on self-care. Aims.
Munro, J.F., Nicholl, J.P., O'Cathain, A., Sampson, F.C., Thomas, K.J.   +4 more
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Coopetition of software firms in Open source software ecosystems [PDF]

, 2017
Software firms participate in an ecosystem as a part of their innovation strategy to extend value creation beyond the firms boundary. Participation in an open and independent environment also implies the competition among firms with similar business ...
A Bonaccorsi, A Mehra, AH Ghapanchi, AH Ghapanchi, BJ Nalebuff, D Riehle, E Handoyo, J Linåker, L Dahlander, M Bengtsson, M Konstantinos, S O’Mahony, T Annika   +12 more
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Weighted Modal Transition Systems [PDF]

, 2012
Specification theories as a tool in model-driven development processes of component-based software systems have recently attracted a considerable attention.
Bauer, Sebastian S., Fahrenberg, Uli, Juhl, Line, Larsen, Kim G., Legay, Axel, Thrane, Claus   +5 more
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A Qualitative Study on Non-Functional Requirements in Agile Software Development

IEEE Access, 2021
Context: Widespread use of agile software development (ASD) methods can be observed nowadays. Non-functional requirements (NFRs) are often reported to be a problematic issue for agile projects, since ASD methods tend to neglect NFRs while focusing on ...
Aleksander Jarzebowicz, Pawel Weichbroth
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