Walker B L
Qual Health Res. 1993 Feb;3(1):91-111. doi: 10.1177/104973239300300106.
This article describes and compares three computer programs designed to assist in the analysis of narrative text. Ethnograph, GATOR, and Martin were compared in the context of a qualitative study of women and their husbands following mastectomy in order to (a) describe the fit between research purpose and program capabilities and (b) explore the influence, if any, of particular program features on research methods or analysis. The comparison suggests that methodological assistance provided by the programs involves differences in approach sufficient to make prior consideration of the fit between program capabilities and research purposes, methods, and style an important research decision. Descriptions of the programs and their application provide guidelines for comparison of these and other computer programs.
本文描述并比较了三个旨在辅助叙事文本分析的计算机程序。在一项关于乳房切除术后女性及其丈夫的定性研究中，对Ethnograph、GATOR和Martin这三个程序进行了比较，目的是：（a）描述研究目的与程序功能之间的契合度；（b）探讨特定程序功能对研究方法或分析的影响（如有）。比较结果表明，这些程序提供的方法学辅助在方法上存在差异，足以使事先考虑程序功能与研究目的、方法及风格之间的契合度成为一项重要的研究决策。对这些程序及其应用的描述为比较这些程序和其他计算机程序提供了指导方针。
