Lyn Richards
Lyn Richards | |
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Alma mater | La Trobe University |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | La Trobe University |
Thesis | Migrants in the DLP : a study of the involvement of a group of migrants in the Democratic Labor Party in Victoria (1971) |
Lyn Richards (born 1944) is an Australian social scientist and writer who, with computer scientist Tom Richards, developed the software analysis packages NUD*IST and NVivo.
Early life and education[]
Richards studied political science and sociology at La Trobe University. Her early research considered the involvement of migrants in the Democratic Labor Party.[1]
Research and career[]
Richards was appointed to the faculty at La Trobe University, where she worked on family sociology. She looked at the relationships between family life and home ownership in Australia.[2][3] She identified that as families aspired to suburban living, they spent less times in the homes they worked so hard to finance.[4]
Richards became aware that her academic research needed more sophisticated data analysis tools, and started to work with Tom Richards on the development of quantitative analysis software.[5][6] She left La Trobe University and launched QSR International, a software development company.[5][7]
At QSR International, Richards created the software packages NUD*IST and NVivo.[8]
Selected publications[]
- Richards, Tom; Richards, Lyn (1991). "The NUDIST qualitative data analysis system". Qualitative Sociology. 14 (4): 307–324. doi:10.1007/bf00989643. ISSN 0162-0436. S2CID 144274985.
- Richards, Lyn (1999). Using NVIVO in Qualitative Research. SAGE. ISBN 9780761965244.
- Richards, Lyn (2000). The Nvivo Qualitative Project Book. SAGE. ISBN 9781847871022.
- Richards, Lyn (2005). Handling Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide. SAGE. ISBN 9780761942597.
Personal life[]
Richards is married to computer scientist Tom Richards.[9]
References[]
- ^ Richards, Lyn (1971). Migrants in the DLP: a study of the involvement of a group of migrants in the Democratic Labor Party in Victoria (Thesis). OCLC 222507036.
- ^ Richards, Lyn; La Trobe University; Department of Sociology (1987). It means a family life: family & home ownership in an Australian estate. Bundoora, Vic.: Dept. of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University. ISBN 978-0-85816-657-8. OCLC 27593668.
- ^ Richards, Lyn (1979). Good mothers and other mothers: family style and social change. Bundoora, Vic.: Social Change Research Unit, Dept. of Sociology, La Trobe University. OCLC 220534279.
- ^ Richards, Lyn (1991). Nobody's home: dreams and realities in a new suburb. Melbourne; Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-554761-0. OCLC 468124583.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Richards, Lyn. (2015). Handling qualitative data : a practical guide. Sage. ISBN 978-1-4462-7605-1. OCLC 904433500.
- ^ Lewins, Ann; Silver, Christina (2007-04-12). Using Software in Qualitative Research: A Step-by-Step Guide. SAGE. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-4462-0516-7.
- ^ Richards, Tom (2002-07-01). "An intellectual history of NUD*IST and NVivo". International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 5 (3): 199–214. doi:10.1080/13645570210146267. ISSN 1364-5579. S2CID 143471345.
- ^ Miller, Robert L. (2006-03-31). "Review: Lyn Richards (2005). Handling Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide". Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research. 7 (2). doi:10.17169/fqs-7.2.107. ISSN 1438-5627.
- ^ "Handling Qualitative Data | Online Resources". study.sagepub.com. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Australian statisticians
- Australian women academics
- Data analysis
- Data analysis software
- La Trobe University alumni
- La Trobe University faculty