Table 5.
Comparison of sample sizes, data sources, and analysis methods in publications that used software compared to publications that did not use any software.
| Publications citing software use | Publications citing no software use |
|---|---|
| Sample size | |
| 100–896,867 | 100–8,886 |
| Top 5 most frequent data sources (frequency of its citations hspace*5ptacross relevant publication groups) | |
| Interviews (93) | Open-ended survey (84) |
| Open-ended survey (92) | Interviews (67) |
| First-person narratives (70) | First-person narratives (50) |
| Focus groups (20) | Documents (8) |
| Social media (10) | Focus groups (7) |
| Top 5 most frequent analysis methods (frequency of its hspace*5ptcitations across relevant publication groups) | |
| Thematic analysis (73) | Content analysis (67) |
| Content analysis (58) | Thematic analysis (60) |
| Grounded theory (24) | Grounded theory (17) |
| Framework analysis (22) | Consensual qualitative research (17) |
| Consensual qualitative research (19) | Framework analysis (12) |