I have a morphological characters quantitative/qualitative data matrix. The quantitative data can be easily dealt with with NJ clustering, but what about the qualitative data, where no distance can be calculated? I would appreciate practical answers to solve the problem, i.e. which software and through which procedures to carry out the analysis.
Thank you.
Kareem Omran
thank you so much for your hints. I'll try and possibly will be back to you. Regards.
Have a look at here too: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S157087051400198X
Article Clustering Methods with Qualitative Data: A Mixed Methods Ap...
Dear Willy De Mattia ,
Qualitative methods potentially add depth to prevention research, but can produce large amounts of complex data even with small samples. Studies conducted with culturally distinct samples often produce voluminous qualitative data, but may lack sufficient sample sizes for sophisticated quantitative analysis. Currently lacking in mixed methods research are methods allowing for more fully integrating qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques. Cluster analysis can be applied to coded qualitative data to clarify the findings of prevention studies by aiding efforts to reveal such things as the motives of participants for their actions and the reasons behind counterintuitive findings. By clustering groups of participants with similar profiles of codes in a quantitative analysis, cluster analysis can serve as a key component in mixed methods research.
Article Clustering Methods with Qualitative Data: A Mixed Methods Ap...
Regards,
Shafagat
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