Saganenko G., Geger A., Boyarsky K., Dudina V., Stepanova E.RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY BASED ON OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS: THE KEY MODULES, Saganenko G., Geger A., Boyarsky K., Dudina V., Stepanova E. Research Technology Based on Open-Ended Questions: The Key Modules, Contribution of Software Discant ...

Abstract

This paper is of interdisciplinary matter: to explore subjective social areas and to develop digital instruments for them. We have two final objectives: To offer a new effective research technology based on a system of open-ended questions for complicate sociological area; To offer its key module - a computer systems DISCANT and VEGA for storing empirical data and analyzing them by effective methods of machine examination of texts. We present a special type of research, namely, full-scale Reflective Integrated Research Technology based on open-ended questions (RIRT).Our mission and tasks are to show the effectiveness of the developed resources, their high social, cognitive, technological and humanistic features to pay attention to the lack of such resources in the investigative field of sociology, to identify the causes of this poor situation and, creating an attractive format, make proper efforts to change the cognitive situation. Finally, to transform our developments into open public resources...