This book contains an edited selection of the papers accepted for presentation and discussion
at the first International Symposium on Qualitative Research (ISQR2016) held in Porto
Portugal July 12th-14th 2016. The book and the symposium features the four main application
fields Education Health Social Sciences and Engineering and Technology and seven main
subjects: Rationale and Paradigms of Qualitative Research (theoretical studies critical
reflection about epistemological dimensions ontological and axiological) Systematization of
approaches with Qualitative Studies (literature review integrating results aggregation
studies meta -analysis meta- analysis of qualitative meta- synthesis meta- ethnography)
Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research (emphasis in research processes that build on mixed
methodologies but with priority to qualitative approaches) Data Analysis Types (content
analysis discourse analysis thematic analysis narrative analysis etc.) Innovative
processes of Qualitative Data Analysis (design analysis articulation and triangulation of
different sources of data - images audio video) Qualitative Research in Web Context
(eResearch virtual ethnography interaction analysis latent corpus on the internet etc.)
Qualitative Analysis with Support of Specific Software (usability studies user experience the
impact of software on the quality of research.
