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ANALYTICAL STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH QUALITATIVE DATA IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

@inproceedings{Dainty2006ANALYTICALSF,
  title={ANALYTICAL STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH QUALITATIVE DATA IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT RESEARCH},
  author={Andrew R. J Dainty and Richard Neale},
  year={2006}
}
There have been many recent calls for greater use of qualitative methods in construction management research, or at least for greater consideration to be given to the use of these methods if appropriate. However, for many researchers, particularly those using methods involving a very thorough, in depth data gathering exercise, and a fairly free-form approach to the collection instrument, this can lead to practical analytical problems through the generation of overwhelming amounts of qualitative… 
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