One of the main errors verified in research is the lack of planning of adequate methods for data analysis. For example, to develop a data collection instrument, it is necessary to pay attention to the tools used to obtain results (analysis). Analysing qualitative data is not a task without difficulties, as the non-numeric and unstructured data corpus is generally diffuse and complex. There are no clear and widely accepted rules on how to analyse non-numeric and unstructured data.
This second volume of ‘New Trends in Qualitative Research: Practices and Challenges” includes selected papers presented at the 5th annual World Conference on Qualitative Research (WCQR) held virtually from 20-22 January 2021.