Learn Qualitative Data Analysis
Whether you're new to qualitative analysis, teaching a research course, or a seasoned researcher sharpening your skills, you'll find practical learning resources here for every stage of qualitative data analysis.
New to qualitative analysis? Start here.
Guide to Qualitative Coding
New to qualitative analysis? Start with our plain-English introduction to coding your data.
Step-by-Step Tutorials
Follow comprehensive, step-by-step guides to methods like thematic analysis.
Free Online Course
Learn qualitative coding step by step in our self-paced online course.
Watch Our 30 Minute Intro to Qualitative Data Analysis
Watch the recording of our 30 minute webinar, or share it with students by adding it to your curriculum.
Coding Qualitative Data
Foundational techniques for coding interviews, transcripts, and field notes.
Open, Axial, and Selective Coding in Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide
Open, axial, and selective coding are interconnected steps in qualitative data analysis. This article shows how to use them at different stages of your analysis to progressively crack the code of grounded theory.
Deductive and Inductive Coding in Qualitative Research
This article covers how to decide if you want to use an inductive or a deductive approach to qualitative coding. Read our guide to learn about both approaches.
Abductive Coding in Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide
Explore how abductive coding blends deductive and inductive approaches in qualitative research. Learn when and how to use it with real examples and a step-by-step guide.
How to Do In Vivo Coding in Qualitative Research
This article covers in vivo coding, a first cycle coding method in qualitative analysis where you derive codes from the data itself. Read our guide to see when and how to use in vivo coding.
AI for Qualitative Research
Use AI to code, theme, and speed up your analysis — without sacrificing rigor.
AI in Qualitative Data Analysis
This article explores the role of AI within qualitative research, considering the current and future opportunities of using AI in qualitative data analysis.
How to Use AI for Thematic Analysis: A Step-by-Step Guide
This step-by-step guide walks through each phase of Braun and Clarke's six-step approach, showing exactly how AI supports thematic analysis and where you need to stay in the driver's seat.
7 Proven Ways to Use AI in Qualitative Research
Explore how Delve’s AI tools streamline coding and analysis in qualitative research—saving time while keeping humans at the center.
Can You Use ChatGPT for Thematic Analysis?
This article looks at the limitations with the “dump and done” approach of using AI in qualitative analysis, then highlights a few ways ChatGPT and Delve’s AI-assistant still save you time for thematic analysis.
Grounded Theory
Build theory directly from your data with grounded theory coding and analysis.
Practical Guide to Grounded Theory Research
Learn how to do grounded theory, a popular qualitative research methodology where data collection and analysis happen together in cycles.
What is Constructivist Grounded Theory?
Constructivist grounded theory is a research method that focuses on generating theories for complex social processes. Read to learn more.
How To Do Axial Coding with Examples
Axial coding is a crucial step in qualitative analysis that organizes initial codes into meaningful categories, revealing deeper insights in your data.
Grounded Theory vs. Thematic Analysis: What's the Difference?
Grounded theory and thematic analysis are two popular qualitative research methods. This article explores the strengths, differences and uses cases of these two methods.
Thematic Analysis
Identify, analyze, and refine the themes that run through your data.
How to Do Thematic Analysis in Qualitative Research
Discover the power of thematic analysis: Learn how to sift through qualitative data to spot key patterns and meaningful insights. Ideal for researchers eager to deepen their understanding.
Reflexive Thematic Analysis (RTA) in Qualitative Research
This article introduces reflexive thematic analysis (RTA) in qualitative research, a flexible yet systematic approach to thematic analysis that values the researcher’s subjectivity as the primary way to discern meaning from data.
Inductive Thematic Analysis vs. Deductive Thematic Analysis in Qualitative Research
This article delves into inductive thematic analysis and deductive thematic analysis.
Thematic Analysis vs. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in Qualitative Research
Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) and thematic analysis (TA) are two qualitative methods that help researchers analyze data and find themes or interpretations from it. Although they have similarities, there are also important differences in their philosophies and techniques.
Content Analysis
Systematically categorize and interpret qualitative content.
The Practical Guide to Qualitative Content Analysis
Qualitative content analysis is a research method used to analyze and interpret the content of textual data, such as written documents, interview transcripts, or other forms of communication. This guide introduces qualitative content analysis, explains the different types of qualitative content analysis, and provides a step-by-step guide for your research.
Content Analysis vs Thematic Analysis: What's the Difference?
Thematic analysis and qualitative content analysis are two popular approaches used to analyze qualitative data. Confusingly, the two research approaches are often defined in similar ways or even used interchangeably in defining literature. We clarify the difference between thematic analysis and the common forms of qualitative content analysis.
Codebooks in Qualitative Content Analysis
This article offers qualitative codebook examples with practical guidance on creating them for your own qualitative research.
Manifest Content Analysis vs. Latent Content Analysis in Qualitative Research
We examine two prototypical methods of qualitative content analysis. First, manifest content analysis, which explains the visible and literal meaning of specific words or phrases within textual data. The second method is latent content analysis where you apply a deeper, interpretive analysis that seeks to infer meaning and context from how words or phrases are used.
Step-by-Step Guides
Follow comprehensive, step-by-step walkthroughs of core qualitative methods.
What is Discourse Analysis? An Introduction & Guide
This article provides an introduction to discourse analysis (DA), a qualitative research method for studying language in context. A step-by-step guide and other supplemental resources are also included.
What is Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)?
This article explores Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), a qualitative research methodology that explores how individuals make sense of their experiences.
What is Narrative Analysis in Qualitative Research?
Researchers use narrative analysis to understand how research participants construct story and narrative from their own personal experience. Read our post on narrative analysis in qualitative research.
What are Semi-structured Interviews?
A semi-structured interview allows researchers to ask participants predetermined open-ended questions and probing follow-up questions. Learn more here.
Collaboration
Code, compare, and align insights as a research team.
Intercoder Reliability in Qualitative Research
Learn how to calculate intercoder reliability in qualitative research. A practical guide to measuring coding consistency across research teams, with steps, examples, and best practices.
Guide to Collaborative Qualitative Analysis
Learn how to conduct collaborative qualitative research with online coding tools for effective researcher triangulation, peer debriefing, and intercoder reliability.
What's the Best QDA Software for Collaborative Qualitative Research?
This article compares seven top qualitative data analysis (QDA) software programs available today. Learn what sets one online tool apart from the next and how to choose the best option for your research needs.
Triangulation in Qualitative Research
This article explores triangulation in qualitative research, a method that involves cross-verifying findings in different ways to enhance the reliability and validity of your study.
Comparing CAQDAS Tools
Compare qualitative data analysis software to find the right fit.
Which Qualitative Data Analysis Software is Easiest to Learn?
Learn about seven top coding tools as we compare them on one core question: Which software is easiest to learn and start coding with?
Comparing the Best Software for Thematic Analysis
Compare the best software for thematic analysis. See how NVivo, ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA, Quirkos, Taguette, Dedoose, and Delve handle coding, theme-building, and workflows.
What's the Best QDA Software for Collaborative Qualitative Research?
This article compares seven top qualitative data analysis (QDA) software programs available today. Learn what sets one online tool apart from the next and how to choose the best option for your research needs.
The Ultimate Guide to Qualitative Coding Software
This article compares the most popular qualitative coding software available today, including Delve, NVivo, MAXQDA, ATLAS.ti, Quirkos, Dedoose, and Taguette. Covering learning curves, AI-assisted coding, collaborative features, and more.
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