Transforming Qualitative Data into Quantitative Data: A Game Changer for Research.
Qualitative data is not often used in a method called qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). This article talks about the difficulties researchers face when turning qualitative data into numbers for QCA. They looked at 29 studies and found common ways researchers handle this challenge. They suggest some things to think about when using qualitative data for QCA, which can help QCA experts and others who mix different research methods.