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1PageNewsletter 20132 ndash July 2013

INSIDE ATLASti ndash The QDA Newsletter

To break up the summer lull we have a great deal of exciting news announcements and information for you in this issue of INSIDE ATLASti

bull We are proud to announce the recent launch of ATLASti Mobile for the iPad It is is the ultimate inter-viewerslsquo field recorder and a perfect companion on the road Download the new ATLASti Mobile for the iPad app for FREE from the App Store Get the full information here

bull We also announce that the release of a full native MacOS version of ATLASti is on schedule for 2014 Read what to expect

bull The 2013 ATLASti User Conference in Berlin is shaping up to become a real success Close to fifty presenters from eighteen countries will share their insights and experiences with you Find a list of scheduled presentations and learn how to register here

bull We congratulate the winners of the 2012 ATLASti IIQM Dissertation Awards Read more

bull Training opportunities There is always more to learn Read a full overview of the wide-ranging activities of the ATLASti the Training and Cooperation Center More here

bull A list of upcoming training and exhibition events is available here

bull Great Summer Specials Until July 31 receive a 20 discount on all new Single User licenses (including student and semester licenses) and courses Also buy Susanne Frieselsquos seminal book at a full 30 discount Read more

Your questions comments and suggestions are always most welcome Please do not hesitate to drop us a line via newsletter_feedbackatlasticom

Happy coding

Joumlrg HeckerDirector Business Operations

Newsletter 20132 ndash July 2013Page2 3PageNewsletter 20132 ndash July 2013

Free iPad App ATLASti Mobile for the iPad Now Released

ATLASti has recently received a highly effective and mobile companion--ATLASti Mobile for the iPad Using this free app you can collect and analyze data wherever you are

Work on text audio video and images Analyze existing data files or create recordings on location Working in the field or on the go has never been easier

ATLASti Mobile for the iPad is the perfect interview tool Simply record the interview (audio or video) on location and start segmenting and coding on the way home Write down your thoughts and ideas in comments and memos Then simply transfer your project to the desktop version of ATLASti for full leverage of its analysis tools visual-ization and te am collaboration At work at home or anywhere in between ATLASti Mobile keeps you moving right along

ATLASti Mobile utilizes all the s ame concepts that you know from your ATLASti desktop application Primary documents quotations codes and memos

Supported file formats are Text PDF images audio and video files

Specifically the ATLASti Mobile iPad app lets you do all of the following

bull Create ATLASti projects

bull Record assign segment and code photos audio and videos

bull Assign segment and code existing photos audio and videos

bull Assign segment and code PDF documents including Web downloads

bull Create and edit text documents

bull Create fine-grained quotation segments in text images audio and video files

bull Create and edit comments for all types of objects

bull Create and edit memos

bull Geo-tag images recordings videos and documents with location info

bull One-step export of full project via Dropbox or iTunes file shares


Go to httpipadatlasticom for additional information Youlsquoll find am overview of its functionality the official manual for download and a way to contact our support

Since ATLASti Mobile for the iPad is brand new we are eager to hear about your experience and your opin-ion of this new tool Contact us at ipadatlasticom with your comments Or visit us on facebook at facebookatlasticom Your praise criticism and sugges-tions are highly welcome

ATLASti Mobile for the iPad is available FREE OF CHARGE from the Apple App Store

ATLASti Is Coming to the Mac

We have listened to the many requests made by our us-ers and have great news for all you Mac users out there ATLASti is coming to the Mac

Written as a native Mac app from the ground up ATLASti for the Mac will bring you the power and flex-ibility of our leading QDA software without the need to run Windows

Easily collaborate with colleagues using PCs and import projects from ATLASti 7 as well as from the new ATLASti iPad app Work in any language with full Unicode sup-port

ATLASti will bring our best-of-breed PDF support slick and powerful video annotation tools rich text editing and much much more to the Mac All in a beautiful and easy-to-use app leveraging the power of OS X Speed - Stability - Security No emulators no virtual machines no vulnerable Java

Expected release date of ATLASti for MacOS will be in mid-2014For all ATLASti 7 license holders switching will be FREE


ATLASti User Conference 2013

The ATLASti User Conference 2013 mdash Fostering Dialog on Qualitative Methods happening from Sept 12-14 in Berlin is shaping up to be a truly globe-spanning event We will be proud to welcome nearly fifty contributors from eighteen countries (Europe North america South america Africa and Asia) to Berlin and extend our invitation to all interested users practitioners researchers teachers and students who use ATLASti centrally in their work

Please find an overview of all papers posters roundtables and workshops below For all those who are not able to at-tend we will publish digital conference proceedings with full length papers In addition we will video record selected sessions and make them available online after the conference

Events

The first day of the conference ends with a conference dinner and a party on the roof-top of the conference venue where you can meet chat exchange ideas net-work and just have a bit of fun

For the end of the second day we have planned a semi-serioussemi-entertaining Pecha Kucha session Pecha Kucha is a special form of presentation in which presenters have 6 minutes and 40 seconds to present their ideas on 20 slides The slides advance automatically thus there is no danger of going over your timemdashyou have 20 seconds per slide and then must move on Three presentations are already in place If you would like to try it and have an interesting idea please let us know via pechakuchaatlasticom The best presentation will be awarded with a prize Imagine you could return home the winner of the first-ever ATLASti Pecha Kucha event -)

Registration

Conference registration is available online at httpconferenceatlasticomindexphpconference-registration Discounted early registration fees apply until August 1 For all those whose who live in or near Berlin and who want to drop by for just a few presentations a workshop or for networking with other ATLASti users we offer day passes

Conference Progr amKeynote Analytic Strategies and Analytic Tactics

Nick Woolf - Henley Business School University of ReadingWoolf Consulting Santa Barbara USA

Teaching the fund amental differences and relationships between analytic strategies and analytic tactics allows the

gap between them to be bridged and for ATLASti to be used powerfully in any project

It is challenging to teach students to use ATLASti power-fully The underlying reason is that the nature of QDA is fund amentally different from the nature of software The tasks of a QDA are not pre-determined but unpredictably iterative and emergent Software no matter how artful the user interface is fund amentally deterministic every function has a certain predetermined outcome This gap has to be intentionally bridged or the software is used superficially used only for the early stages of analysis or only for those kinds of analysis that are so structured that the contrast between the nature of QDA and the nature of software is small

One way to manage this challenge is to teach the fund amental differences and relationships between ana-lytic strategies and analytic tactics and how to bridge the gap between them This allows ATLASti to be harnessed powerfully from the beginning to the end of any kind of QDA The contrast between analytic strategies and analytic tactics is proportional to how unstructured is the QDA regardless of the research method The more unstructured the QDA the more there is a need for this perspective and the greatest is the potential for ATLASti to make a significant contribution

PapersResearch Projects

Health care

An exploration of how audit and feedback of clinical performance has changed since the onset of Patient Aligned Care Te ams at 16

First author Sylvia Hysong

Affiliation Michael E DeBakey VA Medical CenterBaylor College of Medicine Texas USA


Defining HIVAIDS Curriculum content for Physio-therapy Education Perspectives of young people in Uganda

First author Alex Imalingat O

Affiliation University of the Western Cape K ampala Uganda

New technologies and workloads of health care professionals

First author Denise Pires

Affiliation Federal University of Santa CatarinaUFSC Brazil

Community mental health services of the Zomba district in Malawi

First Author Ntombodidi Tshotsho

Affiliation University of Fort Hare School of Health Sciences South Africa

Views and perceptions of stakeholders regarding the integration of indigenous knowledge stystem in man-agement of HIV and AIDS within a primary health care context in Limpodo Province South Africa

First Author Julia Bereda-Thakhathi


Education

The Employability of Environmental Science Graduates in Botswana The Changing Roles and Expectations of the Labour Market

First author Violet Nomalanga Essilfie

Affiliation Tertiary Education Council Gaborone Botswana

Continuing professional develo pment through sustain-able in-service teacher training system in Kenya Malawi and Z ambia

First author Benson Banda

Affiliation National Science Center Ministry of Educa-tion Science Vocational Training and Early Education Lusaka Z ambia

IT

Socio-Legal Implications of ICT Adoption in the Justice System of the High Courts of Malaysia The Data Ana-lysis

First author Ani Munirah Moh amad

Affiliation Faculty of Law Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor Malaysia

Decoding Privacy mdash An Anthropological Study of the Privacy Concept in Mobile Software Develo pment

First author Tanja Kornberger

Affiliation University of Munich GermanyUniversity of California Berkeley USA

other Themes

The usefulness and challenges of using ATLASti in the content analysis of corporate annual reports

First author Michael Adelowotan

Affiliation University of South Africa Pretoria Guateng

Psychological characteristics of politicianslsquo leadership style during the transition to a successful democracy The Spanish and Lithuanian cases

First author Neringa Kalpokaite

Affiliation Madrid Spain

Title Kidnapping in Colombia meanings and discursive practices

First author Oscar Enrique Gomez Rodriguez

Affiliation Columbia

Methodological Issues

Strategies for metaphor analysis in discourse Composi-tional coding multi-level classificators and the meta-comparison of methods

First author Michael Kimmel

Affiliation University of Vienna Austria

Using ATLASti for a conversationdiscourse analysis study of blogging in an educational context

First author Trena Paulus

Affiliation University of Tennessee Knoxville TN USA


Application of ATLASti 70 in Defining Professional Communication Skills for Malaysian Graduates looking at its Trustworthiness

First author Azza Ahmad-Tajuddin

Affiliation University of Nottingh am Malaysia C am-pus Malaysia

Three Types of Qualitative Data Analysis Using ATLASti sbquoA posse ad esselsquo(Grounded Theory abductive thematic network analysis deductive critical discourse analysis)

First author Komalsingh R ambaree

Affiliation University of Gaumlvle Sweden

Grounding ethnographic content analysis etic as well as emic strategies a study of context for instructional designers

First author Brett Hansen

Affiliation Kelric Learning Develo pment Group Maryland USA

Description of the dyn amic of Online Learning Com-munity from methodological integration supported in ATLASTI and UCINET

First author Andrea Montoya

Affiliation Universidad Manuela Beltraacuten Colombia

Particular Progr am Functions and Documents Types

Using ATLASti to integrate data analyses and output participatory research into the everyday routines of people in mid-to-later life mdash An analysis of partici-pant-generated visual diaries and interview data

First author Christina Silver

Affiliation QDA Services UK

Title The Potential of ATLASti 7 as an alternative tool to analyse childrenrsquos creativity in visual arts activity towards authentic learning

First author R amli Noridah

Affiliation Sultan Idris Education University Perak Malaysia

A methodological fr amework for conducting multimod-al rhetorical analyses of advertising films with ATLASti

First author George Rossolatos

Affiliation University of Kassel Business Administra-tion Germany

Working with Primary Document F amilies the auto coding and the query tool mdash demonstrated based on a research projects that ex amines the ldquoHuman Rights to Housingrdquo

First author Michael Kolocek

Affiliation TU Dortmund University Faculty of Spatial Planning Germany

Title How to Collaborate as a Te am using ATLASti on a Shared Computing Environment

First author Florio Arguillas

Affiliation Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER) Ithaca NY USA

The Potential of ATLASti 7 as an alternative tool to analyse childrenslsquo creativity in visual arts activity to-wards authentic learning


Affiliation Faculty of Arts Computer and Creative Industry Sultan Idris Education University Perak Malaysia

Teaching

Teaching Qualitative Analysis and Interpretation using ATLASti

First author Gerben Moerman

Affiliation University of amsterd am Holland

Teaching qualitative research methods with ATLASti Beyond data analysis




Learning ATLASti

Getting the best out of your qualitative data My event-ful journey with ATLASti

First author Tawanda Sydesky Nyawasha

Affiliation University of Hong Kong

The Use Benefits and Challenges in Using ATLASti

First author Rebecca Chikondi Ngalande

Affiliation University of Malawi Blantyre

Increasing the motivation and satisfaction of online learning of qualitative methodology and CAQDAS through emotional tutoring experience

First author Antoni Casasempere

Affiliation CualSoft Consulting Spain

ATLASti User Group

Who is using ATLASti and how A content analysis of reported uses of software in published studies



Use of qualitative software lessons for ATLASti instruc-tors from qualitative longitudinal research into the acceptance and adoption of technology


Affiliation CAQDAS Networking Project

Round Tables

Particularities and Commonalities of teaching ATLASti across Cultures and Disciplinary Traditions

Ricardo Contreras USA

Neringa Kalpokaite Spain

Susanne Friese Germany

Brigitte Smit South Africa

Teaching ATLASti - Lessons and pitfalls

Jeanine Evers KWALONErasmus University Rot-terd am The Netherlands

Neringa Kalpokaite Madrid Spain

A proposal An academically built Controlled Vocabulary for the ATLASti Relation Database

Agnes Muumlhlmeyer-Mentzel Freie Universitaumlt Berlin Department Education and Psychology

Training matters From a novice to a proficient user of ATLASti

Kate Nnadede University of York UK

Changing perceptions about the environment of fresh-men taking the introductory environmental education course

Okkyong Yoon Cheongju National University of Edu-cation Chungbuk South Korea

Posters

National Science Center Ministry of Education Science Vocational Training and Early Education

First author J amilah Omar

Affiliation Art dan Design Department Faculty of Art Computer and Creative Industry University Pendidikan Sultan Idris Perak Malaysia

New Qualitative data analysis using computer progr am concept using and problem

First author Kanikar Sookas ame

Affiliation Administration Develo pment Pathumthani University Thailand

Analysis on Teaching and Learning Process among Art Education Teachers in Malaysian Schools


Affiliation Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia

Irregular Migration Human Trafficking and HIVAIDS in South Africa Baseline Situation Analysis

First author Joshua Aransiola

Affiliation Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Nigeria


The Role of Organizational Culture on a Subculture of Feedback



Elaborating a sustainable develo pment plan for poten-tiating endogenous natural resources in the Ghomaralsquos Mountains (north of Morocco)

First author Yassin Meklach

Affiliation Department of Biology Faculty of Sciences Tetouan Morocco

Cultural barriers providing primary health care in Barcelona city Professionalsrsquo perceptions and basis for designing improvement strategies

First author Isabel Plaza

Affiliation Barcelona Spain

ATLASti introductory E-Learning courses

First author Ansgar Duumlben

Affiliation nexus Institut fuumlr Kooperationsmanagement und interdisziplinaumlre Forschung GmbH Berlin

Workshops

Using ATLASti for University Progr am Accreditation

Aja Henriquez California State University San Bernardino CA USA

A practical overview of using ATLASti to conduct ad-vanced qualitative data analysis for the develo pment of clinical outcome assessments in accordance with regula-tory standards

Chris Marshall Adelphi Values UK

Researcher-centric module of ATLASti 7 for workshops in Malaysia

Azizah Hassan Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Working with the ATLASti iPad App

Susanne Friese Qualitative Research amp ConsultingMax-Planck Society Goumlttingen Germany

Introduction to ATLASti in Spanish


Train the Trainer Workshop


Data- and Project Management in ATLASti 7



2012 ATLASti IIQM Dissertation Awards

Award Winners

We are happy to congratulate Carrie Mitchell and Holly McKenzie who have won the 2012 ATLASti IIQM Dissertation Awards (at the PhD and the Masters level respectively) Sponsored by ATLASti and IIQM this award is annually pre-sented to the best Masters level thesis and the best PhD level dissertation from any academic discipline containing research based on qualitative methodology Both winners receive $ 3000 in cash and an ATLASti software license

Carrie Mitchell ndash PhD Level

Carrie Mitchell has a PhD and MEd from Queenrsquos Uni-versity Belfast Northern Ireland Her research focuses on gender and education in the context of Nepal She has worked within the field of education and international develo pment in rural areas of Nepal for seven years as well as teaching in other international contexts

Her thesis is entitled A narrative inquiry of womenrsquos lives in Mugu Nepal identities power relations and educa-tion Mitchelllsquos study questions assumptions around universal understandings of gender and education Using a narrative inquiry approach it focuses on the life -narra-tives of five women from the remote Himalayan district of Mugu Nepal It aims to ex amine the complexities of lived experience by gaining insight into how understand-ings of education are embedded in womenrsquos multiple and uniquely intersecting identities and in doing so it challenges singular definitions of gender and education Influenced by po stcolonial feminist theory this inquiry applies an intersectional analysis to consider how identities (including gender ethnicity caste position in the f amily role in the household age and economic status) interlock to create unequal power relations and how the mean-ings and values that the women attach to education are embedded in these relations

As a narrative analysis this study foregrounds the five womenrsquos voices and experiences challenging assump-tions about whose experiences are valued and whose voice can be heard Other voices have been interwoven with the womenrsquos stories and presented as a multi-layered narrative these include the local expressive tradition of lsquodeudarsquo singing interviews with educational stakehold-ers and reflexive journaling In keeping with narrative inquiry approaches I use a more personal voice to reflect on concerns about power dyn amics and ethical challenges involved in the research process Issues of representation as well as struggles relating to voice and positionality

are at the core of the study and reflexively considered throughout By using a narrative inquiry approach tak-

ing a postcolonial feminist perspec-tive and applying an intersectional analysis this study refuses to rely on essentialist and homogenising constructions of women It at-tempts to be an ex ample of ethical and respectful research and claims

to increase understanding of how identities power rela-tions and education intersect in womenrsquos lives in Mugu Nepal

The PDF version of her thesis is available at via this link httpwwwiiqmualbertacaenDissertationAward~mediaInternational20Institute20for20Qualitative20MethodologyDissertationCarrie_Mitchell_PhD_thesispdf

Holly McKenzie - Masters Level

Holly McKenziersquos research explores how intersecting sexist racist classist and colonialist discourses render Aboriginal women vulnerable to violence as well as how Aboriginal women resist this violence and the wider discourses that perpetuate it Her Masterrsquos project brought together a Feminist Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis Approach and an Indigenous Storytelling Methodol-ogy She completed her MA in Canadian Plains Studies at the University of Regina where she was honoured to work with a number of Aboriginal scholars Elders and other community members While she is originally from


small-town Saskatchewan Holly recently made the move to Vancouver to pursue her doctoral studies at UBC Her PhD research involves working with Aboriginal women living in poverty to identify what constrains and fosters their access to reproductive justice

Her thesis is enttitled The Different Stories of Cree Woman Daleen Kay Bosse (Muskego) and Dakota-Sioux Woman amber Tara-Lynn Redman Understanding their Disappearances and Murders Through Media Re-Presenta-tions and F amily Members Narratives

Mc Kenzielsquos dissertation explores Pau-line and Gwendarsquos stories about their daughters and their f amiliesrsquo experi-ences Aboriginal and mainstre am media

coverage and the discursive practices underlying media coverage Bringing together these methodologies made the tensions between Aboriginal communitiesrsquo stories and mainstre am institutional stories (and the ontologies that inform them) visible Recognizing how Aboriginal f amily membersrsquo stories are often marginalized she utilized Indigenous Storytelling Methodology to center Gwenda and Paulinersquos stories Further she used FPDA to address how print and broadcast coverage (and the discursive structures that shape coverage) reproduces and resists the discourses operating within white masculine hegemony


From The ATLASti Training Center

By Ricardo B Contreras PhDDirector Training amp Partnership Develo pmentEmail trainingsupportatlasticomPhone 1 (541) 286-4391 (United States)

The ATLASti Learning System

ATLASti has a learning system constituted of two sets of services and products both of which complement and support each other At the center of the learning system is what I would call the ldquoprimary learning sourcesrdquo made up of free webinars video archives and tutorials premium trainings and written manuals Supporting these services and products are the ldquosecondary learning sourcesrdquo con-figured by the Knowledge Base on the ATLASti website the newsletter which periodically publishes useful articles on functions and best practices the forum and the ATLASti Facebook page where users regularly exchange insights and ask and answer questions

Product Support services (supportatlasticom) all of which are free of charge to ATLASti users are not included in this model because rather than constituting a source of systematic learning these services are aimed at solving specific problems that users may encounter when using the software However from a larger perspective it is legitimate to consider Product Support as a complement of the ATLASti learning system The figure below depicts this system

The ATLASti Learning System Primary and Secondary Sources

Following I will describe the primary and secondary learn-ing sources that make up our learning system

Primary Learning Sources

Primary learning sources consist of different training services and products that allow newcomers to learn ATLASti systematically and experienced users to further specialize in specific areas of the analysis process with the progr am This system consists of free webinars video archives premium trainings and written manuals The diagr am below shows an integrated view of these learn-ing sources


Free Webinars

We offer four different types of free webinars introduc-tory special topics community of practice and colloquia on qualitative methods You can register for them at wwwatlasticomwebinarshtml Each of these categories is described below

Introductory webinars

These are one-hour webinars that provide an overview of ATLASti and teach how to create a project code and produce basic outputs and reports These webinars are scheduled regularly every week in the English language


at 1200 pm New York time500 pm London time Addi-tionally we teach twice a month an introductory webinar in the Spanish language at 1500 CLT (Santiago de Chile time) We will be scheduling soon a series of introductory webinars also in the English language but at a time con-venient to those of you from AsiaPacific time zones

Special topics webinars

These are one-hour webinars in which the instructor discusses specific functions and applications of ATLASti This semester we will be offering webinars on the follow-ing topics analysis tools approaches to coding f amily organization geo-coding memos multimedia coding networks surveys and teamwork

Although not an absolute requirement basic knowledge of ATLASti is beneficial in order to take the most possible advantage of these webinars I would particularly encour-age those of you wanting to work in te ams to attend the corresponding webinar before venturing on your own into the intricacies of teamwork

ATLASti Community of Practice

Our objective with this progr am is to promote peer learn-ing in the ATLASti community of users Once a month researchers will share the strategies and approaches they have followed the challenges they have faced and their accomplishments using ATLASti in their analysis pro-jects Researchers from multiple disciplines will be invited to present their work in one-hour webinar sessions (30 minutes of presentation plus 30 minutes of dialogue) Pre-sentations will be in the English and Spanish languages Our intention is that the ATLASti Community of Practice will eventually become a permanent virtual congress of ATLASti and its role in the research process If you would like to join the progr am as a presenter please contact us We would be happy to hear from you

Qualitative Methods Masters Class

This is a virtual colloquia series on qualitative methods co-sponsored by ATLASti and the International Insti-tute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM) Participating scholars have included specialists in computer-assisted qualitative data analysis hermeneutics interpretative writing ethnography applied health research and media ethnography To learn more about this webinar series visit the progr am website at httpwwwiiqmualbertacaenResearchTrainingWebinarSeriesaspx Although these webinars do not teach ATLASti I do include them as one of the primary learning sources because they provide the

necessary methodological context within which ATLASti is used

Video Archives and Tutorials

We have a growing library of videos available on the ATLASti Youtube channel There you can find archived videos of past introductory and special topics webinars as well as tutorials in the English and Spanish languages This library is constantly growing and as always we welcome your suggestions for improvement Access it at youtubeatlasticom

Premium Training

The Premium Training progr am includes online face-to-face and on-site courses Following is a description of these training opportunities

Introductory and advanced web-conferencing workshops

In these courses we teach ATLASti in a systematic way We are now offering introductory and advanced work-shops in the English Spanish and German languages The introductory courses in the English language are regularly taught bi-monthly at 1200 pm New York time400 pm London time Starting in October we will be offering an introductory course also in the English language at 900 am London time400 pm Singapore time We also teach introductory courses in the Spanish language at 300 pm Santiago de Chile time Our advanced courses are taught at 1100 am New York300 pm London

Face-to-face courses

These courses are taught in two days (12 hours of class-room work) This year we have scheduled courses in the following cities in the United States Washington DC Houston Portland (Oregon) Atlanta and San Francisco For 2014 we plan to add Chicago and Vancouver (Cana-da) to our offer of courses in North america We are also happy to announce that starting in September we will be offering courses in Spain (Madrid) the UK (Manchester Bristol and Glasgow) and Germany (Berlin) Independent consultants offer courses in other parts of the world and you can learn about them at workshopsatlasticom

On-site courses

We offer on-site workshops that can be contracted by institutions from anywhere in the world In these work-


shops one of our instructors will plan with you a course progr am that fits the needs of your group These work-shops are taught in two days of intensive work If you are interested in contracting one of these courses write or call us

If you are a student and would like to apply for a scholar-ship that would allow you to take the web-conferencing and face-to-face courses either for free or at a discounted price please do so by completing the Student Scholarship application form httpwwwemailmeformcombuilderformCaz82b0gIE6aaLMX

Written Manuals

Finally we have a set of written materials that sup-ports the learning process which can be accessed at manualatlasticom These are the full manuals for versions 7 and 6 the Quick Tour (also for versions 7 and 6) and a set of short documents that describe specific features of ATLASti I would also like to add that specific chap-ters from the full manual may be downloaded from the ATLASti Training Center weblog at httpatlastitrainingcentercomresourcesmanual

Secondary Learning Sources

The secondary learning sources are those that do not play an essential role in the ATLASti learning process How-ever they are certainly important as a complement to the webinars videos courses and manuals allowing users to address specific questions that come up in the normal process of working with ATLASti The figure below sum-marizes this system of secondary learning sources


The Knowledge Base

The Knowledge Base is equivalent to the Questions amp Answers (QampA) section in other websites It is found under Support in our website (httpwwwatlasticomknowledgebasehtml) There you will find short en-tries explaining specific issues that users have identified as particularly relevant or difficult to understand For instance you will find entries explaining why it is not recommended to use online cloud storage systems to host the project data andor ATLASti libraries entries on video formats that are accepted by ATLASti an entry explaining backing up procedures among many more It is essential to realize that the Knowledge Base is ever expanding as ATLASti expands and evolves Thus I encourage users to send us questions and issues that you think should be addressed in this section of the website As always your feedback is very important to us

The Newsletter

In ldquoInside ATLAStirdquo the regular newsletter you will find articles introducing and describing innovations and improvements such as the article introducing ATLASti 7 (issue 20121) or the article introducing the iPad app in the current issue You will also find articles that describe and explain best practices with ATLASti such as the one published in the issue 20123 which explains the process of importing transcripts transcribed in f4f5 and Transana Finally the Newsletter also includes articles from research-ers who explain how they have used ATLASti in their research projects or share their methodological insights

Forum

The forum is a space for peer support and discussion It can be accessed at forumatlasticom It is not a chan-nel for product support from the ATLASti company software and methodological specialists For that we encourage people to submit questions to general_supportatlasticom

The forum consists of four sections general questions and comments suggestions for innovation and improve-ments a section on XML and an archive of posts from 1999 through 2004 It also includes a section on qualita-tive data analysis I encourage users to engage in dialogue with other users offering your insight whenever you think that you can contribute to other peoplersquos learning

Facebook

Finally the ATLASti Facebook page is the space where the community of ATLASti users gathers to learn about


what is going on There you will find announcements about updates innovations and trainings as well as questions and answers from users Some recent questions posted by users have been about using ATLASti with Windows 8 running it in a Mac linking codes in net-works the use of comments versus memos etc

Conclusion

As you have probably concluded by reading this article there are multiple ways of learning ATLASti I would like to suggest that novice users use the following learning resources more ore less in this sequence

Suggested learning process

Finally in case of doubt do not hesitate to write or call us I will be able to answer your questions about trainings For other questions always contact Product Support at general_supportatlasticom Thank you


Upcoming Training Events

Free Webinars

We regularly hold free webinars for anyone who wants to get a head start with understanding the concepts and functions of ATLAStiAll events in English unless otherwise noted

Introduction to ATLASti

Monday July 15 - 1200 pm-100 pm (EDT)

Monday July 15 - 300 pm-400 pm (CLT) - In Spanishen Espantildeol

Tuesday July 23 - 1200 pm-100 pm (EDT)


Thursday August 6 - 1200 pm-100 pm (EDT)

Monday August 12 - 100 pm-200 pm (CLT) - In Spanishen Espantildeol

Tuesday August 20 - 1200 pm-100 pm (EDT)

Tuesday September 3 - 1200 pm-100 pm (EDT)

Monday September 16 - 100 pm-200 pm (CLT) - In Spanishen Espantildeol

Tuesday September 17- 1200 pm-100 pm (EDT)


Tuesday November 26 - 1200 pm-100 pm (EDT)


Special Topics

Multimedia Coding - Wednesday August 7 1100 am-1200 pm (EST)

Team work - Tuesday August 13 1100 am-1200 pm (EST)

Approaches to Coding - Tuesday August 20 1100 am-1200 pm (EST)

Survey Analysis - Thursday August 22 1200 pm-100 pm (EST)

Geo-coding in ATLASti - Wednesday August 28 1100 am-100 pm (EST)

Analysis Tools - Tuesday September 10 1100 am-1200 pm (EST)

F amily Organization - Thursday September 19 1100 am-1200 pm (EST)

Team work - Tuesday September 24 1100 am-1200 pm (EST)

Networks - Thursday September 26 1200 pm-100 pm (EST)

Memos - Wednesday October 2 1100 am-1200 pm (EST)

Approaches to Coding - Tuesday October 8 1100 am-1200 pm (EST)

Multimedia Coding - Wednesday October 16 1100 am-1200 pm (EST)

Analysis Tools - Wednesday October 23 1100 am-1200 pm (EST)

Survey Analysis - Thursday October 24 1200 pm-100 pm (EST)

Geo-coding in ATLASti - Wednesday October 30 1100 am-1200 pm (EST)


Community of Practice

The ATLASti Community of Practice is a space where re-searchers share with other researchers strategies and best practices about the integration of ATLASti into their data analysis projects Participate in the community of practice and learn from colleagues from all over the world

Upcoming Presentations

Dr Eugenio di Gregorio University of Genoa Title of presentation ldquoUsing ATLASti to Define Corporate Positioning Social Responsibility and Collective and Individual Behaviour Tips for Effective WorkldquoThursday August 1 1100 am-1200 pm (EDT)

Dr Ricardo Contreras Adjunct Research Professor East Carolina University Title of presentation ldquoThe Role of Photo-Voice in Ethnographic Researchldquo Friday September 20 1200 pm-100 pm (EDT)

Qualitative Methods Master Class

The Qualitative Methods Master Class Webinar Series is a progr am jointly sponsored by ATLASti and the Interna-tional Institute for Qualitative Methodology


Dr Maria Mayan Associate Professor of Faculty of Exten-sion University of Alberta Title of presentation ldquoTeach-ing Qualitative Research WellldquoThursday July 25 300 pm-400 pm (EDT)

Dr Gina Higginbottom Professor of Nursing University of Alberta Title of presentation ldquoFocused Ethnographyldquo Thursday September 19 1100 am-1200 pm (EDT)

Note No ATLASti license is required to take part in a free webinar However you may get the most out of it if you at least have the free trial version installed

To sign up for these and more free webinars go to httpwebinarsatlasticom

Face-To-Face Seminars

In our seminars you learn to design and implement an effective analysis process with ATLASti Through a com-bination of lecturing and hands-on work with your own data you will explore the main functions of the software Emphasis is put on data integration organization and constant documentation of the analytical process

Participants have the opportunity to discuss with peers and the instructor the methodological challenges of their own projects

All events in English unless otherwise noted

Atlanta GA USA - August 22 and 23 2013 (900 am each day) 12 hours Location amA Executive Conference Center 1170 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta GA 30309 Instructor Corey Abr amson

MadridSpain - September 19 and 20 2013 (300 pm each day) 12 hours Location Ibercenter Azca Plaza de Carlos Triexclas Bertr n 28020 Madrid (inmueble de Holi-day Inn) Instructor Neringa Kalpokaite - In Spanishen Espantildeol

Portland OR USA - October 17 and 18 2013 (900 am each day) 12 hours Location Portland State University 1825 SW Broadway Portland OR 97201 Instructor Ricardo Contreras

MadridSpain - October 24 and 25 2013 (900 am each day) 12 hours Location Ibercenter Azca Plaza de Carlos Triacuteas Bertraacuten 28020 Madrid (inmueble de Holiday Inn) Instructor Neringa Kalpokaite

To sign up for these and more seminars go to httpwwwatlasticomseminarshtml


Upcoming ConferencesExhibitions

We regularly exhibit at prestigious research conferences throughout the world This year we will be present at several events in the United States Canada and Europe in which our staff will be exhibiting ATLASti and providing introduc-tory instruction to those wishing to learn about the quality and advantages of our software

Upcoming Dates

July 12-13 9th Berliner Methodentreffen Berlin Germany

August 9-13 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association New York USA

August 28-31 11th European Sociological Conference Torino Italy

September 12-14 ATLASti User Conference Berlin Germany

September 23 Qualitative Methoden in Informatik und Wirtschaftswissenschaften Leipzig Germany

October 27-29 19th Qualitative Health Research Conference Halifax Canada

November 2-6 141st Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association Boston USA


Current Sales and Specials

ATLASti Summer Sale

20 Off All Single User Licenses and Training Events

Having to work during the summer is tough enough Let us help you and ease the pain by offering a great

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Until July 31 receive a 20 discount on all new Single User licenses (including student and semester licenses) and courses Enter coupon code 5VM-BNF-KMH in the shopping cart when

making your purchase

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Book Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLASti

Now available at a 30 discount

Discount code UK13CF051

Europe httpwwwuksagepubcombooksBook235168siteId=sage-ukampprodTypes=anyampq=Friese

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Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLASti by Susanne Friese is the very first book designed to guide you step-by-step through your research project using ATLASti In the book you will find clear practical advice on preparing your data setting up a new project in ATLASti develop-ing a coding system asking questions finding answers and preparing your results

The book features

bull Methodological as well as technical advice

bull Numerous practical exercises and examples

bull Screen shots detailing each stage of analysis

bull Companion website with online tutorials and data sets

Susanne Friese teaches at various PhD schools provides training and consultancy for ATLASti at the intersection between developers and users

What others say

As a seasoned qualitative researcher and avid user of ATLASti for more than 10 years I found Susannelsquos text way over-due It provides beginners with step-by-step in-structions on how to use the software More experienced users may find her insights on how to maximise the vari-ous tools and new offerings of ATLASti quite refreshing Teachers will also benefit from the improved lay-out to induct students into computer-assisted qualitative data analysis A definite must-have for all doctoral students using qualitative methodology

Dr Brian van Wyk Senior Lecturer in Health Research Methods


This the kind of book on ATLASti that we have been waiting for as qualitative reseachers and for our post graduate students in qualitative methods Friese has pro-duced a text that is both broad ranging in explaining and describing the capacity of ATLASti software to analyse different types of text and visual data and at the same time she provides thorough and clear detailed instruc-tions and ideas in terms of the analytic processes (from file format transcription coding managing and interpret-ing outputs) I will be recommending this for all my post graduate students and fellow researchers at all levels of experience in qualitative methods

Dr Amanda Bingley Division of Health Research Lancaster University

I would like to express my gratitude for your great effort to bring CAQDAS and ATLASti in particular closer to myself and my students with your excellent publica-tion bdquoQualitative Data Analysis with ATLAStildquo and the enormous volume of instructional and guiding materials videos powerpoint presentations examples of inter-views audios I have no place to even begin of how grateful I am as a researcher but also as a professorA great thank you

Christos Kyrou Research Director The Center for International Relations Fairfax and Professor in the School of International Service American University

Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLASti has been written by an author with strong practical experience in the use and teaching of ATLASti and this shows in the depth and practicality of her treatment of this data analysis software Targeting both undergraduates and postgradu-ates Friese has designed the book in a novice-to-expert manner in eight chapters Overall this is a thorough accessible guide to an important qualitative data analysis tool that has become more popular in recent years It is well suited to an audience of both undergraduate and postgraduate students

Maryam Nazari and G E Gorman Online Information Review

Newsletter 20132 ndash July 2013Page20

We hope you enjoyed reading this issue of INSIDE ATLASti ndash Your Quarterly Newsletter And we welcome your feedback and suggestions

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Free iPad App ATLASti Mobile for the iPad Now Released

ATLASti has recently received a highly effective and mobile companion--ATLASti Mobile for the iPad Using this free app you can collect and analyze data wherever you are

Work on text audio video and images Analyze existing data files or create recordings on location Working in the field or on the go has never been easier

ATLASti Mobile for the iPad is the perfect interview tool Simply record the interview (audio or video) on location and start segmenting and coding on the way home Write down your thoughts and ideas in comments and memos Then simply transfer your project to the desktop version of ATLASti for full leverage of its analysis tools visual-ization and te am collaboration At work at home or anywhere in between ATLASti Mobile keeps you moving right along

ATLASti Mobile utilizes all the s ame concepts that you know from your ATLASti desktop application Primary documents quotations codes and memos

Supported file formats are Text PDF images audio and video files

Specifically the ATLASti Mobile iPad app lets you do all of the following

bull Create ATLASti projects

bull Record assign segment and code photos audio and videos

bull Assign segment and code existing photos audio and videos

bull Assign segment and code PDF documents including Web downloads

bull Create and edit text documents

bull Create fine-grained quotation segments in text images audio and video files

bull Create and edit comments for all types of objects

bull Create and edit memos

bull Geo-tag images recordings videos and documents with location info

bull One-step export of full project via Dropbox or iTunes file shares















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Learning ATLASti










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Upcoming Dates










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Free Webinars
















Premium Training






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Written Manuals





The Knowledge Base


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Upcoming Dates










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Premium Training






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Written Manuals





The Knowledge Base


The Newsletter


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Conclusion






Free Webinars
















Special Topics









































Upcoming Dates










ATLASti Summer Sale



special










The book features






What others say




































Premium Training






On-site courses





Written Manuals





The Knowledge Base


The Newsletter


Forum



Facebook




Conclusion






Free Webinars
















Special Topics









































Upcoming Dates










ATLASti Summer Sale



special










The book features






What others say



























Written Manuals





The Knowledge Base


The Newsletter


Forum



Facebook




Conclusion






Free Webinars
















Special Topics









































Upcoming Dates










ATLASti Summer Sale



special










The book features






What others say


























Conclusion






Free Webinars
















Special Topics









































Upcoming Dates










ATLASti Summer Sale



special










The book features






What others say


























Free Webinars
















Special Topics









































Upcoming Dates










ATLASti Summer Sale



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Upcoming Dates










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