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Automating insights: Analysing the National Student Survey data using NVivo

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Automating insights: Analysing the National Student Survey data using NVivo. / Wright, Steve.
Analysing Student Feedback in Higher Education: Using Text-Mining to Interpret the Student Voice. ed. / Elena Zaitseva; Beatrice Tucker; Elizabeth Santhanam. London: Routledge, 2021. p. 19-36.

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Harvard

Wright, S 2021, Automating insights: Analysing the National Student Survey data using NVivo. in E Zaitseva, B Tucker & E Santhanam (eds), Analysing Student Feedback in Higher Education: Using Text-Mining to Interpret the Student Voice. Routledge, London, pp. 19-36. <https://www.routledge.com/Analysing-Student-Feedback-in-Higher-Education-Using-Text-Mining-to-Interpret/Zaitseva-Tucker-Santhanam/p/book/9780367687229>

APA

Wright, S. (2021). Automating insights: Analysing the National Student Survey data using NVivo. In E. Zaitseva, B. Tucker, & E. Santhanam (Eds.), Analysing Student Feedback in Higher Education: Using Text-Mining to Interpret the Student Voice (pp. 19-36). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Analysing-Student-Feedback-in-Higher-Education-Using-Text-Mining-to-Interpret/Zaitseva-Tucker-Santhanam/p/book/9780367687229

Vancouver

Wright S. Automating insights: Analysing the National Student Survey data using NVivo. In Zaitseva E, Tucker B, Santhanam E, editors, Analysing Student Feedback in Higher Education: Using Text-Mining to Interpret the Student Voice. London: Routledge. 2021. p. 19-36

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Wright, Steve. / Automating insights : Analysing the National Student Survey data using NVivo. Analysing Student Feedback in Higher Education: Using Text-Mining to Interpret the Student Voice. editor / Elena Zaitseva ; Beatrice Tucker ; Elizabeth Santhanam. London : Routledge, 2021. pp. 19-36

Bibtex

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