UNIT 04: WEB 2.0 & OTHER EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO RESEARCH

UNIT 04: WEB 2.0 & OTHER EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO RESEARCH

1. VISUALISATION OF INFORMATION

   • CONCEPT MAP (top-down)
   • CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM (predefined category boxes, top-down or left-right)
   • VISUAL METAPHOR (reading order depends on symbol)
   • MIDMAP (hierarchical, centre-out)
     • MIND MANAGER (designed by Mindjet)
       • can be integrated into Office, generates PDFs & synchronises gadgets
     • FREEMIND (open source)
       • fewer functionalities, export to many formats
     • CMAP TOOLS (open source)
       • requires Cmap Server, allows collaboration
     • GOCONQR (online)
       • can also create flowcharts, questionnaires & flashcards

2. DATA COLLECTION

   • QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH (numerical data)
     • CLOSE-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRES
       • SurveyMonkey, Zoomerang, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Google Forms, Microsoft Forms
     • CORPORA
       • WordSmith Tools
   • QUALITATIVE RESEARCH (textual data)
     • OBSERVATION
       • Evernote, Google Keep, Microsoft OneNote
     • OPEN QUESTIONNAIRES
       • SurveyMonkey, Zoomerang, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Google Forms, Microsoft Forms
       • Likert scale (completely disagree - completely agree)
     • INTERVIEWS
       • SCMC tools
       • RECORD (Audacity)
       • TRANSCRIBE (Transana, TranscriberAG, Express Scribe Transcription Software, Microsoft Teams)

3. DATA ANALYSIS

   • QUALITATIVE DATA (textual)
     • NVIVO (license)
     • ATLAS.TI (free demo + paying full version)
     • QDA MINER (license + Lite version for students)
   • QUANTITATIVE DATA (numerical)
     • MICROSOFT EXCEL (license)
     • R (free)
     • SPSS (free)
     • PSPP (free)
     • MATLAB (free)