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      Qualitative content analysis: a guide to paths not taken.

      Qualitative health research
      SAGE Publications

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          Counting codes makes qualitative content analysis a controversial approach to analyzing textual data. Several decades ago, mainstream content analysis rejected qualitative content analysis on the grounds that it was not sufficiently quantitative; today, it is often charged with not being sufficiently qualitative. This article argues that qualitative content analysis is distinctively qualitative in both its approach to coding and its interpretations of counts from codes. Rather than argue over whether to do qualitative content analysis, researchers must make informed decisions about when to use it in analyzing qualitative data.

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          Qual Health Res
          Qualitative health research
          SAGE Publications
          1049-7323
          1049-7323
          Feb 1993
          : 3
          : 1
          Article
          10.1177/104973239300300107
          8457790
          f1bf16e6-339c-4356-a28c-19b609de60cf
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