Any piece of research, whether qualitative or quantitative, is driven by a main research question. Hopefully, your research question represents something you are genuinely interested in knowing, and it is this desire to answer this research question that motivates your whole research. Your research question will serve as the guiding compass for your entire study, … Continue reading
Carrying out a literature review is probably something we are all familiar with, because for conducting any piece of research or writing an academic paper, we have to do some reading of previously published work related to our topic of interest. This may seem like a rather “intuitive” thing to do, read previous work and … Continue reading
What is a theoretical keyword, and why is it important for my research? When designing a qualitative study, one of the first decisions we need to make is to choose our theoretical keywords of interest — the scientific term for the phenomenon we are interested in studying. Theoretical keywords specify your research topic and should … Continue reading
A qualitative sensibility refers to the mindset that we adopt as qualitative researchers, whereby we critically reflect on what we see around us and in our data to develop deeper and more meaningful interpretations in our qualitative research. To learn more about qualitative research at your own rhythm and pace, click here to see our … Continue reading
Are you interested in conducting qualitative research, but you don’t know where to begin? Qualitative research offers wonderful possibilities for making sense of society and human behavior, but we understand that coming to grips with qualitative research methodology and analysis tools can be daunting. To help novice qualitative researchers, we share some practical advice for … Continue reading
Qualitative research focuses on analyzing words, rather than numbers, to open up new paths of inquiry and knowledge. The overall goal is to capture some aspect of the social or psychological world and provide a coherent framework for telling the story of your research. Not all of the world’s curiosities can be addressed with numbers, … Continue reading
Do you want to write an article, but you don’t where to begin? Taylor & Francis Publishing has shared some guidelines for writing an article to publish in your journal of interest. We summarise the practical tips that can help you get your article accepted for publication here: It is important to know the journal’s … Continue reading
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Do you want to learn how ATLAS.ti can help your qualitative data analysis? Attend any of our free webinars for a global overview of the software or to learn about different ways in which you can take advantage of the tools of ATLAS.ti. We offer free webinars every month, during which we give a live … Continue reading
Thank you for visiting NkQualitas, we appreciate your interest! After more than a decade of teaching and assisting qualitative researchers and leaders, we are embarking on a new adventure. I am excited and honored to take on a new role as Director of Training and Collaboration at ATLAS.ti Scientific Software Development GmbH. This new position brings with it a great deal of responsibility, and I am glad that my team and I can continue to support qualitative researchers around the world.
If you are interested in qualitative research and/or ATLAS.ti, please count on our support. You can contact us at training@atlasti.com or neringa.kalpokas@atlasti.com. If you would like to contact me for personal matters, you can write to me at neringa15@gmail.com.
We wish you all the best in your qualitative research journeys, and may we all continue to develop our knowledge and skills for positive impacts!
Dr. Neringa Kalpokas
Founder and CEO of NkQualitas