Computer-Assisted Textual Data Analysis: The Combination of Three Methodologies, Benefits and Limitations
In this article, we question the methods to be used to analyse the content of the teaching programmes and resources published by the Ministry of Education in France. The corpus has a particular form, including texts that are sparsely drafted, tables and many graphics. The article presents an exploratory study and first indicates why and how we articulate two software methods of analysis (Alceste and Tropes) and a so-called “manual analysis”. The results obtained point to similar functions and complementarity. Finally, we specify the conditions that must be met and the limits of this work.