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Smart heuristics and what further?
Heller, Daniel
The author presents the work of Gerd Gigerenzer, Peter M. Todd and members of ABC research group who published the book Simple heuristics that make us smart where they explore fast and frugal heuristics, simple rules for making decisions with realistic mental resources. They enable smart choices to be made quickly and with a minimum of information.
Verbal reports and protocol analysis
Heller, Daniel
The author deals with problems of verbal reports in psychological research. Today, the concurrent and retrospective verbal reports are considered to be the main source of data about cognitive processes of subject. They became the standard research method also in many fields of applied psychology. Thinking aloud is distinguished from verbal explanation of particular steps of problem solving. Effects of verbalization, problem of completeness of verbal reports, inferences from verbal data, Ericsson's and Simon's model of verbalization, methods and techniques of protocol analysis are dealt with. Verbal reports are rich source of data that can be combined effectively with other data and can be of great value for acquiring knowledge about more than cognitive processes and structures. Practical recommendations for gaining different types of verbal reports under standard conditions are presented that can be analysed by the means of protocol analysis.
Some perspectives of qualitative research: software for analysing qualitative data
Heller, Daniel
The author deals with problems of choosing and using software for analysing qualitative data. He mentions the hopes, fears and fantasies connected with new technologies, the ways of using computers in qualitative research, and the reasons for using software for analysing qualitative data. He presents the types of software for analysing qualitative data including some examples. He sums up the recommendations for using software in qualitative research. In the conclusion, the author asks the question of the impact of software on qualitative research and brings some examples in this field.

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