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....unmanageable quantities of categories. There are other strategies for theory generation that more readily create space for multiple, constructed, and dynamic realities. When coding becomes stifling the researcher can choose to undertake case summaries, case updates, and case analysis meetings (Miles, 1979). In case analysis meetings colleagues challenge and assist with the development of emerging ideas. This is a particularly useful technique for alerting the researcher to alternative interpretations of text. Considering the 18 coding families outlined by Glaser (1978) also encourages the ....

.... Burgess Limerick, 1992, for examples) The processes of analysis involve a dynamic relationship between literature, theory, methods, and findings such that the research questions and interpretations are constantly changing in the light of new experiences (Eisenhardt, 1989; Glaser Strauss, 1967; Miles, 1979; Mishler, 1990) The analytic and interpretive processes are consciously enmeshed with the researchers engagement with the participants, and their texts, such that theory is grounded through negotiation rather than discovery. Successive interviews, continual immersion in the literature, and ....

Miles, M. B. (1979). Qualitative data as an attractive nuisance: The problem of analysis.

....processes observed in the study. Accepted for publication by IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 9 Although this is not a common method of analysis in computer science, it is a recommended approach for social sciences and other fields that require the analysis of human behavior [13, 29]. It is well suited for our purposes here because our variables of interest are heavily influenced by human behavior and because we are not attempting to prove hypotheses about framework usage, but rather to begin formulating hypotheses about this process, about which we currently know little. We ....

....and find emerging patterns, followed by cross case analysis, to look for similarities and differences between cases. Although this is not a common method of analysis in computer science, it is a recommended approach for social sciences and other fields that require the analysis of human behavior [13, 29]. It is well suited for our purposes here because our variables of interest are heavily influenced by human behavior and because we are not attempting to prove hypotheses about framework usage, but rather to begin formulating hypotheses about this process, about which we currently know little. A ....

M. Miles, "Qualitative Data as an Attractive Nuisance: The Problem of Analysis", Administrative Science Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 590-601, 1979.

....work. For instance, if software engineers have to record each time they go and consult a colleague, they may consult less often. They may also forget or neglect to record some events and may not record at the expected level of detail. 7) Think aloud protocols In think aloud protocol analysis [6] [15], experimenters ask participants to think out loud while performing a task. The task can occur naturally at work or be predetermined by the experimenter. As SEs sometimes forget to verbalize, experimenters may occasionally remind them to continue thinking out loud. Other than these occasional ....

....in the design reuse process. The results from this experiment were used to define an architecture to support reuse in design. Software Anthropology 9 Advantages: Relatively easy to implement. Additionally, it is possible to implement think aloud protocol analysis with manual record keeping [15] obliterating the need for transcription. This technique gives a unique view on the problem solving process and additionally gives access to mental model. It is an established technique. Disadvantages: Think aloud protocol analysis was developed for use in situations where an experimenter could ....

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M.B. Miles. "Qualitative Data as an Attractive Nuisance: The Problem of Analysis." Administrative Science Quarterly, Volume 24, Number 4, pages 590-601, 1979.

.... that may account for the seemingly anomalous results and needs to be taken into account as part of the analysis. Although this is not a common method of analysis in computer science, it is a recommended approach for social sciences and other fields that require the analysis of human behavior [Eisenhardt89, Miles79]. It is well suited for our purposes here because our variables of interest are heavily influenced by human behavior and because we are not attempting to prove hypotheses about framework usage, but rather to begin formulating hypotheses about this process, about which we currently know little. We ....

....and find emerging patterns, followed by cross case analysis, to look for similarities and differences between cases. Although this is not a common method of analysis in computer science, it is a recommended approach for social sciences and other fields that require the analysis of human behavior [Eisenhardt89, Miles79]. It is well suited for our purposes here because our variables of interest are heavily influenced by human behavior and because we are not attempting to prove hypotheses about framework usage, but rather to begin formulating hypotheses about this process, about which we currently know little. A ....

M. Miles, Qualitative Data as an Attractive Nuisance: The Problem of Analysis, Administrative Science Quarterly, 24(4): 590-601, 1979.

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